( it lacks none of the sharp teeth alina knows alia is in possession of — teasing, put-upon with the weariness she typically reserves for nikolai's lantsovisms. all that's missing is a bit more self-praise, rather than alia's matter-of-fact, blunt-object-to-the-skull directness: my mother was the oyster, and i'm the pearl. )
Oh. So it's bribery, then. You should have said. I usually try to sell myself for higher currency than just strawberries. I'm worth at least a dozen blueberries.
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( it lacks none of the sharp teeth alina knows alia is in possession of — teasing, put-upon with the weariness she typically reserves for nikolai's lantsovisms. all that's missing is a bit more self-praise, rather than alia's matter-of-fact, blunt-object-to-the-skull directness: my mother was the oyster, and i'm the pearl. )
Oh. So it's bribery, then. You should have said.
I usually try to sell myself for higher currency than just strawberries.
I'm worth at least a dozen blueberries.