"I've never met your Grandfather Trent. Or any of these other people. I think you might have been the only one from your world brought to the Kingdom."
He pointed out, not unkindly which was rare for him, but he did have a soft spot for kids and he wasn't trying to upset her.
"Stanley steamer?" Crowley's smile transformed into a laugh, "Like the cleaning company?"
It was an ODD name for some thing that wasn't a cleaning company! And he only laughed harder at the question. Guilt tripped, HA, kids!
"No, it's more like... when your tutor really wants you to sit down and read a book, but you would rather play, so they give you a line like, 'Too bad Herman Melville wasted his life writing this book just so you could throw it on the floor.' To make you feel guilty enough to pick the book back up and start reading it like they wanted you to in the first place."
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He pointed out, not unkindly which was rare for him, but he did have a soft spot for kids and he wasn't trying to upset her.
"Stanley steamer?" Crowley's smile transformed into a laugh, "Like the cleaning company?"
It was an ODD name for some thing that wasn't a cleaning company! And he only laughed harder at the question. Guilt tripped, HA, kids!
"No, it's more like... when your tutor really wants you to sit down and read a book, but you would rather play, so they give you a line like, 'Too bad Herman Melville wasted his life writing this book just so you could throw it on the floor.' To make you feel guilty enough to pick the book back up and start reading it like they wanted you to in the first place."