He needed to get it together. He did not at all feel the urgency of getting it together, but he knew, objectively, that laughing at his sisters outright was not a normal thing for him to be doing, and through his mother's little lecture he managed to approximate some level of appropriate mild boredom. He couldn't be too amused if he was going to get through this.

"Grace," Noble said with a little wave of his hand; he successfully contained the comment he thought of - are you trying to blend into the wallpaper tonight? - because it was inappropriate, so that was another point in his favor. The right side of his mouth twitched up, though.

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