never be so kind you forget to be clever
Oh, it absolutely does annoy her such that Jack will be treated to a bright flare of youthful emotions that chaotically explode before fizzling out. The life experience it would take to be able to walk the line between being taken seriously, being confident but charming, and also satisfying her need to win the approval of those around her is far too fine for Flora to walk with any modicum of accuracy. So it is that she continues to waver wildly, unsure and unable to get her footing.
"Hardly anything is as easy as it looks." Flora replies with a shrug, before shaking her head at the offered cigarette. Young as she was even Flora could see that she'd blown it with Jack, and that he undoubtedly thought of her as nothing more than silly. No sense in filling her mouth with ash, then. Not when the damage was already done. "But that doesn't mean I can't learn."
"Hardly anything is as easy as it looks." Flora replies with a shrug, before shaking her head at the offered cigarette. Young as she was even Flora could see that she'd blown it with Jack, and that he undoubtedly thought of her as nothing more than silly. No sense in filling her mouth with ash, then. Not when the damage was already done. "But that doesn't mean I can't learn."
