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"I like to think I'm very charming."

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"You are self-important, unreliable, short-sighted, and much less clever than you think you are." 

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"But you like me."

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"That's just it. I can't help but like you. I've spent my whole existence as a sapient being making peace with your many flaws. That doesn't mean that other people should." 

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"It never used bother you this much when I made friends, Félix." 

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"They didn't know you like I do." 

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"Even Lucien? I knew him first." 

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"And look how that turned out!" 

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"But you think Naima does."

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Shuffle shuffle. 

"She might change her mind."

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"I know."

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"I mean it. She might wake up one morning and realize she can do much better for herself." 

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"And that would make you happy, wouldn't it?"

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Shuffle shuffle peck. 

"I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't think about these things yourself, you know." 

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Aww. Élie can scratch his tiny little head. 

"Oh, Félix. Are you worried I might have decided to do better for myself?"

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"Not at all. You couldn't possibly."

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Scritch scritch. 

"You're right, I couldn't. When there was no one in the world I could speak to without risking my life, you were always beside me. You know me better than any creature living. I love you very much. 

 

And I love Naima, too." 

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Well, he can bite Élie on the nose and fly off to go find Naima. 

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If it's late enough for her to be home, she'll be in the library reading.

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Then he will land on her book. 

"I don't think we're especially similar, actually." 

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"No?"

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"am capable of acquitting myself well in polite company, only I choose not to. I work only as much as I please. And he needs me more." 

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"Well, those do seem like differences. Although I admit I'm not entirely sure how much of my deficiency at polite conversation is down to lack of ability versus lack of interest, at this point, especially since getting the earrings."

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 "Well, if we were both interested, I'm sure I should be better at it than you." 

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" - you know, I wouldn't bet against you. I certainly find you more likable than you seem to find me."

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