[say]"Sequins yes. Glitter no. That is the most sage advice I can give you as your older brother,"[/say] Mateo says gravely, though his words are somewhat lacking his usual flamboyance since he's forced to stay still while Flora reads and annotates. [say]"Is that a rhetorical question?"[/say] he asks, of wondering what that's like, given that Mateo literally knows the answer to at least half of it.
Squirming a bit at the feel of the pen on the back of his neck, the botanist turns back to his sister at the sound of the book snapping shut. [say]"Most things are enjoyable in the right hands,"[/say] he agrees with a mild raise of his eyebrows. [say]"You ought to come to Molly's when you visit next. The things they could teach you."[/say] Sighing softly and rescuing his book from Flora's fingers, Mateo tucks both away and offers her a grin for her trouble.
[say]"He is cute,"[/say] he agrees with a strange sense of pride. [say]"He is just also very... nervous, almost. It is like what we said about the right hands, only I do not know if Everest likes hands."[/say]
Squirming a bit at the feel of the pen on the back of his neck, the botanist turns back to his sister at the sound of the book snapping shut. [say]"Most things are enjoyable in the right hands,"[/say] he agrees with a mild raise of his eyebrows. [say]"You ought to come to Molly's when you visit next. The things they could teach you."[/say] Sighing softly and rescuing his book from Flora's fingers, Mateo tucks both away and offers her a grin for her trouble.
[say]"He is cute,"[/say] he agrees with a strange sense of pride. [say]"He is just also very... nervous, almost. It is like what we said about the right hands, only I do not know if Everest likes hands."[/say]