 be curious, not judgmental
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FIVE POINTS? For joking around with him? Wow, Culloden. Wow.
The smile and teasing expression on her face was wiped clean, and Sophie's eyebrows furrowed as she looked at him with betrayed, hurt eyes. Was he really going to punish her over something HE did? He wasn't even going to take responsibility for something HE had done, and he was going to get upset with her for standing up to him? For standing up for what was RIGHT?
Wasn't there... some kind of life lesson there about standing up for what was right, even if it meant defying authority?
No, it didn't seem so.
"Fine," she said, but her tone wasn't indignant - it was disappointed and soft and made her seem very small, and without giving the situation another thought, she turned to leave the butterfly garden.
So much for their fun bantering.
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