[ Hearing the first part isn't much of a surprise.
But hearing the second part most definitely is. It doesn't make Alice force the other off her, instead still just holding A-Qing in place, but it takes a moment or two before she's formulated an answer to that. ]
You really are too smart for your own good.
[ Figuring out that that is what's up with Alice so easily. After all, it may go completely over the heads of other kids. But A-Qing.. It always sounds like she's been through a lot. And having to deal with people like Xue Yang must mean she's had to figure out how to read people, just to get by.
Alice releases a slow breath, and then admits: ]
I don't think it's going to be so easy to quit that, however. [ She's been angry at herself for a long, long time now. ]
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But hearing the second part most definitely is. It doesn't make Alice force the other off her, instead still just holding A-Qing in place, but it takes a moment or two before she's formulated an answer to that. ]
You really are too smart for your own good.
[ Figuring out that that is what's up with Alice so easily. After all, it may go completely over the heads of other kids. But A-Qing.. It always sounds like she's been through a lot. And having to deal with people like Xue Yang must mean she's had to figure out how to read people, just to get by.
Alice releases a slow breath, and then admits: ]
I don't think it's going to be so easy to quit that, however. [ She's been angry at herself for a long, long time now. ]