...Might he? Really? His face betrays him as he answers, by such a terrible little smile appearing at the very corners of his mouth.]
Well. It was warm water, at the very least! ...Nothing short of scalding, in fact. Why- the entire ordeal made me quite glad the dummies of which we usually practice upon do not have skin! For it would have been-
[Yeah, he can't. His smile has spread and spread, and honestly, he knows not what causes it. Is it the look of sheer astonishment on the other boy's face, the way his voice tilts upward as if he truly cannot believe that anything could twist and break the laws of magic to such an extent...
It's too much. It's far, far, far too much. And he laughs!
He laughs, and he laughs, into a hand. And with his eyes practically shining-]
today hyth found his favourite thing in the world.
...Might he? Really?
His face betrays him as he answers, by such a terrible little smile appearing at the very corners of his mouth.]
Well. It was warm water, at the very least! ...Nothing short of scalding, in fact. Why- the entire ordeal made me quite glad the dummies of which we usually practice upon do not have skin! For it would have been-
[Yeah, he can't. His smile has spread and spread, and honestly, he knows not what causes it. Is it the look of sheer astonishment on the other boy's face, the way his voice tilts upward as if he truly cannot believe that anything could twist and break the laws of magic to such an extent...
It's too much. It's far, far, far too much. And he laughs!
He laughs, and he laughs, into a hand. And with his eyes practically shining-]
Surely you would not believe-
[Oh, he's off again.]