I've been teased plenty. You're hardly being novel.
[Gentle teasing from bright, friendly, grateful faces in Turner's Vale; thanking him for his efforts, for what he provides for the village. Telling him he should smile more, tittering at him for his dour, sometimes charmless manner. It settles strangely in him, like a piece that doesn't quite fit as it should.]
Show as little mercy as you want, I've been less affected by far more. [If he can deal with the Polymath, he can deal with Monts.] Just don't expect me to soften my words on your account in turn.
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[Gentle teasing from bright, friendly, grateful faces in Turner's Vale; thanking him for his efforts, for what he provides for the village. Telling him he should smile more, tittering at him for his dour, sometimes charmless manner. It settles strangely in him, like a piece that doesn't quite fit as it should.]
Show as little mercy as you want, I've been less affected by far more. [If he can deal with the Polymath, he can deal with Monts.] Just don't expect me to soften my words on your account in turn.