Then you keep your two-trolling hands to yourself and I will not be required to encase you in a sphere of perfectly shaped glass to present to her as a token of my affection. 2
[There is a gap in the text, the literary equivalent to a pause as Bartimaeus reads this sudden outcry against the brilliance of his insult. Had he but known that Sollux had an anti-bucket outlook, he would have mentioned it sooner.]
Is there something that you've been wanting to tell me? That rant of yours comes across as a purely envious tirade. 3
2 - This is to sate the human need for trinkets to prove affection. I would build her a pyramid, but Keep space is limited and it takes time and effort to complete that would be better spent basking in her radiance.
3 - I warn you that any confessions of love are misguided and will fall on deaf essence, for I have affection for only one human currently: Rapunzel.
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[There is a gap in the text, the literary equivalent to a pause as Bartimaeus reads this sudden outcry against the brilliance of his insult. Had he but known that Sollux had an anti-bucket outlook, he would have mentioned it sooner.]
Is there something that you've been wanting to tell me? That rant of yours comes across as a purely envious tirade. 3
2 - This is to sate the human need for trinkets to prove affection. I would build her a pyramid, but Keep space is limited and it takes time and effort to complete that would be better spent basking in her radiance.
3 - I warn you that any confessions of love are misguided and will fall on deaf essence, for I have affection for only one human currently: Rapunzel.