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Skulduggery Pleasant

Cabin 117 - 6:39 PM

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[light_mischief]

Don't sell yourself so short. Those circumstances allowed you room to grow, but you still had to make the choice to do so. In case you haven't noticed, we're in this position because some people resist making the change until someone else drags them through it.

[goodweather]

Unbelievable. Somehow I’ve managed to get myself lectured again.

To be fair, other people dragging me through the mud about it was part of those circumstances. But true. Someone managed to convince me to try.

[light_mischief]

HAH! Next time I'll just tell you to learn to take a compliment, then. 😉

[goodweather]

I can hear you putting sunglasses on.

Well, fine, I’ll /consider/ it.

[light_mischief]

Good. Don't worry, I have no interest in lecturing you. Like I said, you're already a better man than me. I have nothing to teach you and no higher ground to look down at you from.

[goodweather]

Four minutes.

I don't have a single clue how to respond to that.

[light_mischief]

"Nonsense, Skulduggery. You are one of my wisest confidants. You have so much to teach me. I look up to you for your intelligence, deductive reasoning, and charisma. You are also amazingly humble, considering how handsome and charming you are."

You know, maybe something along those lines?

[goodweather]

Well, I /was/ trying to come up with a less dumbstruck way to say "I don't believe you," but that'll do.

Seriously though. It's hard to call anybody who isn't, you know, immediately trying to kill teenagers on day 1 "better" than I am. Apples to oranges. I couldn't do half the stuff you do, and I'm not even talking about the time-out boxes.

[light_mischief]

I'd ask what that stuff might be, if it wouldn't push my playful vanity into overt egocentrism. Suffice it to say, we all have something to offer. That includes people like Daisy. And gargoyles, too.