[he can accept the comment gracefully enough, but that doesn't mean Linneus has to believe it. His soft exterior may hide a stronger and more resilient core than one might expect, but he considers it nothing special. There was nothing particularly glamorous or dignified in his developing that way. Nothing laudable, and certainly nothing unique.]
Everyone can be gentle when they want to. [a delicate lift of a brow] It's when they stop wanting to that one should worry, I think.
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[he can accept the comment gracefully enough, but that doesn't mean Linneus has to believe it. His soft exterior may hide a stronger and more resilient core than one might expect, but he considers it nothing special. There was nothing particularly glamorous or dignified in his developing that way. Nothing laudable, and certainly nothing unique.]
Everyone can be gentle when they want to. [a delicate lift of a brow] It's when they stop wanting to that one should worry, I think.
[pretences drop, in Linneus' experience.]