By the look that flits across Credence's face, he clearly hadn't thought of that, and it's clearly just as well that he didn't.
"...I guess you could," he says, frowning. None of his reading suggested that couldn't be the case.
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By the look that flits across Credence's face, he clearly hadn't thought of that, and it's clearly just as well that he didn't.
"...I guess you could," he says, frowning. None of his reading suggested that couldn't be the case.