[Despite the truly terrible affront in Paul's voice, he smiles as he submits to the hair ruffling with only lightly rolled eyes. She did give him those pins and is kind enough to put them on him. It's the least he can do, really.]
Fine, you harpy. It'd better be a good secret.
[As if being asked to provide 'good facts' of choosing isn't another gift, one that he appreciates fully for what it is. He screws up his face slightly, considering.]
Some sharks have to swim to breathe. They filter the - you could call it the vital component, or oxygen - from the water over their gills by the force of their speed, not the apparatus most gill-breathers have to do the work for them.
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[Despite the truly terrible affront in Paul's voice, he smiles as he submits to the hair ruffling with only lightly rolled eyes. She did give him those pins and is kind enough to put them on him. It's the least he can do, really.]
Fine, you harpy. It'd better be a good secret.
[As if being asked to provide 'good facts' of choosing isn't another gift, one that he appreciates fully for what it is. He screws up his face slightly, considering.]
Some sharks have to swim to breathe. They filter the - you could call it the vital component, or oxygen - from the water over their gills by the force of their speed, not the apparatus most gill-breathers have to do the work for them.