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"He looks like a prince," she continued wistfully.
"Well," said Elliot. "The monarchy are historically inbred."

"You're like me. Nobody will ever love you enough to stay."

And the dad of the year prize goes to...!

"So?" he asked, grinning with what Elliot found to be offensive bashfulness. "What did you think?"
"I do not see the point of this game, but you were excellent," said Serene.
Elliot looked up from his book. "Is it over?" he asked. "Who won?"

Awww, Luke, my poor baby.

"Forcing groups of teenagers to learn how to use deadly force is really weird and disturbing!"

Loving the lampooning of YA magic school tropes.

"I don't understand," said Luke.
"I don't know how to express the depths of my surprise," Elliot told him.

The amount of sass on this kid. XD