"They're often not," Victor contended cheekily, picturing some of the disagreements experienced healers had with each other at the hospital, or the disdain of certain scholarly authors when they discussed the work of peers who disagreed with them. The Flint Institute even hosted formal debates on occasion; being occasionally unpleasant was nearly a codified component of being intellectually curious.
This was hardly the point of the conversation, though. Victor swirled his liquor once in his glass to better aerate it before he answered. "Miss Dempsey. Miss Christabel, I mean, not the eccentric spinster Dempsey. Obviously," he said, offering his brother a look that expressed exactly how unlikely it was that Victor would ever consider a romantic relationship with Porphyria Dempsey.
This was hardly the point of the conversation, though. Victor swirled his liquor once in his glass to better aerate it before he answered. "Miss Dempsey. Miss Christabel, I mean, not the eccentric spinster Dempsey. Obviously," he said, offering his brother a look that expressed exactly how unlikely it was that Victor would ever consider a romantic relationship with Porphyria Dempsey.
Fabulous set by Lady!