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[unknowable]

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[unknowable]

With Ronan and I around, you're better off without any ruthlessness.

But you're also rarely seen in public with ruffled feathers, so there is some resemblance.

[mintly]

different kind of ruthlessness. i'm just singleminded, which is a poor second.

gansey feathers do not ruffle in public, it's genetic. mother's favorite thing to tell us was that everyone’s face is a mirror and we ought to endeavor to make them reflect a smile. it would be rude to express anything less.

[unknowable]

You, Richard Gansey III, are a poor second to nothing.

That does sound like something your mother would say.

[mintly]

don't laugh too hard, but i'm the black sheep of the family.

she said it often. at least daily. sometimes more frequently than that until we learned.

[unknowable]

I think that might apply to all of us. A collection of black sheep, flocking together.

[mintly]

that's a good way to put it. i like it. at least a herd of black sheep all fit together.

[unknowable]

I don't know if we always fit, but we do well enough.

[mintly]

people aren't puzzles. we fit together. something just feels right about all of us together, jagged edges and all.

[unknowable]

I don't know about that. People always seem pretty puzzle-like to me.

[mintly]

more like onions, i think, just without the smell.

[unknowable]

A little bit of the smell, sometimes.

[mintly]

i guess that bit depends on who you're talking about, huh.

[unknowable]

Sorry for utterly destroying your metaphor.

[mintly]

you're not sorry in the slightest, parrish.

[unknowable]

You've got me there.

[mintly]

i'll forgive your mockery just this once.

[where 'just this once' means 'every single damn time'.]

[unknowable]

You're too kind.

[mintly]

maybe just benevolent toward my friends.

talk to you later, parrish. take care.

[unknowable]

You too.