An inner heat
Growing from your chest
Catching your breath
At their merest scent
Phantom touches
And whispers in the dark
The spark has you in its grasp
Love or lust
You can’t decide
Maybe a bit of both
A kiss you steal
But you want more
Yet you somehow live without
The spark will keep you going
Called upon your feelings
You stutter and trip
Words flowing
Like a dripping faucet
Making you feel the fool
A grinning, happy fool
The spark you can’t explain
I’m still writing the scene where the love triangle of my series is the focus. The central figure is asked to explain their feelings and that’s why this has been a slow scene. How do you explain something like a spark? Especially when you have to explain it to someone who has a different spark than the other person. Finding the answer for this character without it being stupid, lame, or insulting was a challenge. I think I found a way around it, but only time and readers will tell.
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Ah, the life of a romance writer… oh wait….
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Sad thing is that I’m a fantasy writer, which might be why I’m floundering.
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I would be glad to help! (if you wanted me to) LOL
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Thanks. I’m floundering more about where to go with it. My expertise is action and banter. I can do a decent romantic scene, but the spats can be tough.
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Yeah. I LOVE spats. I thrive on them. LOL.
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there’s always room for romance even in fantasy no?
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It’s necessary for a lot of stuff.
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And I don’t think it’s something you can tell. Showing is probably best! 🙂
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True. Though, a lot of people ask for an explanation. Many times it’s the person you have the spark with or a person that you have some other spark with. Over all my years, I really think you can spark with multiple people at multiple levels.
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Sure can. I’m fond of love triangles. It makes the characters choose.
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Yeah. Though, I’m having some trouble figuring out where this is going to go.
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That’s definitely a toughie.
I’m sure you’ll figure it out, though.
POWER ON THROUGH THE OBSTACLES!
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Thanks. I’m slowly working through it.
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Can I help at all?
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Not sure. I think I came up with a good explanation from the main character. He’s still going to be stumbling through his words and be half believable.
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Well then he will be just like you lol
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It is Luke after all. Stumbling and making an idiot of himself is his forte.
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And nearly getting killed lol
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I should post the demon scene. 😀
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Lol you really should but it gives away too much
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When Nyx is describing what happened to him
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Yeah. The best scenes to post tell too much. There’s a great one in the 5th book, but it reveals a secret about Luke and the 5th champion. I’m more concerned with that secret.
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Yeah? Looking forward to it.
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I can’t wait until all these great scenes can come to life.
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Do you ever physically hurt when your characters do?
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Once or twice. Mostly, the emotional pain hits when I’m writing. Makes a few scenes rather rough.
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I agree. That happens especially with main characters.
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Definitely. They’re such pains.
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And sometimes they do things you didn’t tell them was okay
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I have Sari dancing in my head saying ‘See! She’s on my side!’ Dang gypsy.
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Lol I like her
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Everyone loves the short, sweet-loving gypsy.
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I like gypsies. They are nomadic.
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Great dancers too. Hoping Sari meets your expectations.
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Gypsies certainly tend to be some of the most beautiful people on the planet. They are under appreciated in my opinion.
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They tend to be used as scruffy thieves with no morals and an aversion to city life. Sari does have thief skills, but she does have morals. She’s far from scruffy too. I think Sari takes the role of the cute, sexy hero in the group.
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Luke better watch himself around that one. He might lose out on more than just his wallet lol
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Oh, Luke and Sari are definitely going to be an issue for each other. Poor boy won’t know what hits him.
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You wrote the guidebook
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Yup. Sadly, it was rejected for publication because I used to many curse words.
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Lol mine too. Try again?
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Sure. We’ll use your curse words this time around.
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Bloody hell!
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I’ve always wondered. Why is hell so bloody over there?
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Because we off Americans as sacrifices
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Remind me to skip any invitations from you that mention events with fire.
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Or “something”
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That didn’t help the audiobook.
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lol I thought it would be funny. I’d stop and consider every time you said it
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Well as long as I’m not being stuuuuupid. 😛
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I like U’s. Americans under UUUUUse them. Julian will agree with me I’m sure.
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We’re simply to busy to waste time with them. They’re like V’s that let themselves go.
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Really? We have been confused this whole time then. We thought you were too lazy to remember them.
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Nope. And we say ‘my’ instead of ‘me’ just to annoy you. It’s written into the Constitution.
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I can think of other things you say that make you less intelligent mortals but I will not repeat them for fear of my dignity being compromised. You do realise that realise is spelled with an S?
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Not according the the spellchecker. 😉 Careful. This less intelligent mortal has cute dragons and destructive gnomes at his disposal. 😛
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Clearly spellchecker was designed by an American.
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Of course. How else are we going to make sure we’re right?
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By checking against the Oxford English Dictionary, of course
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That’s just crazy talk. We invented the dictionary.
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Where do you think you came from?
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They don’t teach sex ed over there?
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We just can’t understand single cell organisms
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Guess biology is a missing subject too.
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We spend more time learning English
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I should hope so since you guys keep telling us how bad we are at it . . . soccer. 😛
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*cough* Wanker
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Throwing an insult is cheating because I can’t throw one back. What happened to chivalry and playing fair?
Beyotch ;P
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further proof that you people can’t spell.
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We’re a creative people. Why should we keep using the same boring words everyone else is using?
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Oh that must be it. Or you have no idea what any of us are saying because we believe in proper speech. Arse.
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We don’t really listen. We assume you’re always talking about tea and how you used to ‘rule’ the world until 13 little colonies kicked your arse.
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We kicked you out. We send all of our rejects to the rock called America
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Only you guys would evict someone and force them to keep paying rent. No wonder we whooped your butts.
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First off it not Butt. Second of all WE do not force you to do anything. You couldn’t figure out the directions anyway. They are written in English.
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First off, I think you meant it’s not Butt. Second, the directions are clearly written in Spanish and Chinese. Third, you’re right. We stopped listening to you guys a long time ago. Must be why we’re so awesome these days.
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Must be that you don’t listen because you are too busy talking in your slang.
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Dayum bitches be crazy.
That still makes more sense than bugger all.
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Stop acting like such a radge. Honestly.
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Now I’m sure you’re making words up. You short people sure get frustrated and hit gibberish rather quickly.
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I’m sorry. All I heard was “blah blah blah”
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That’s cause you’re too low to the ground. I can kneel down or get you a step stool, so you can hear me.
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Stand up and take it like a man…oh wait…you are standing.
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Stop threatening my kneecaps, Queen of Lilliput.
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They are all I can reach according to you.
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The term ankle-biter suddenly comes to mind.
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Leave the squirrels out of this
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If only I could. They’re always around.
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Furry little bastards
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I think somebody keeps feeding them and they won’t go away.
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*hides chips
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*squirrels tackle Ionia* Don’t worry. We have two more of you around here ever since we broke reality.
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3 of you and three of me sounds like world domination
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We can get behind that.
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at least we stayed on topic today.
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Of course we did . . . what post was this on anyway?
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That one about that thing. I think you wrote it. I see you standing in that profile picture.
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Guess so. That explains the familiar background. So . . . cupcakes and we start again tomorrow?
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Lol yep
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See you then.
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wait…you can see me? What window are you looking in? Peeeeeeeping Tom!!!! Heeeeelp!
squirvert
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Uh, you left your webcam on. Might want to clean up a bit.
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Again? Wait…so did you. Nice hello kitty t shirt btw
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Thanks. It came with a matching skirt, but I didn’t have the legs for it.
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are you sure? Short skirts and shorter legs are in this season. Have you seen my care bear?
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It’s more of a hair thing. Unless I plan on being a professional swimmer, I refuse to wax.
I see him in the corner wearing your bathing suit. I’m not going to ask.
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there you are sunshine bear!
Hey look I found my stuffed animal too.
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Okay . . . I think somebody found some tequila in her room.
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nope just a rose
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That still doesn’t explain why you’re dancing on your bed. Are you doing the Macarena?
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No there was a spider
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Oh . . . I was wondering why you had a spider tattoo on the back of your shoulder.
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I didn’t know I was going to have superpowers when he bit me
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I think they call it a rash actually, but superpowers can work too.
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I only got a rash because it was a radioactive spidey
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And Spider-Ionia takes to the streets to fight crime. Though, doing it in your pajamas might not be a good idea.
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Oh never mind that was just squirrel poo
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You really need to clean that room. I suggest using fire.
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Yeah you did make a mess
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I told you fencing with me in the house was a bad idea
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I never pass up a fencing challenge. Besides, you swung at me first.
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Only to protect you from a cupcake tossing ninja squirrel
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You promised you wouldn’t train any more of those. The last batch nearly got us arrested.
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Only because you decided to tell the cop that they were just confused toddlers with a facial hair disorder. He would have believed you if you hadn’t streaked down the street to distract him.
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And using his car as a trampoline was a good idea? How you changed into that bikini without anyone noticing is beyond me.
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I wear it under my spongebob Jammie’s
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That makes perfect sense for some reason.
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Never know when the victim will fall in a pool
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I keep telling you that you’re not a trained lifeguard just because you’re wearing a swimsuit and have a whistle. It’s a slide whistle too.
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Well I don’t get any other attention here so I like my whistle. Stuuuuuff it shortarse.
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I think somebody needs a nap, a hug, and a piece of a chocolate. Can you be a dear and get me those things, little hobbit?
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Get them yourself. Wizzard
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Hmmm. They weren’t that important.
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Well one had nothing to do with the other so I should think not. You know, Big Ben is awfully TALL. Shortarse.
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That’s funny coming from half a hobbit.
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At least I am happy that I’m not the bottom half
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Keep telling yourself that. *pats you on head*
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Yes I do rather like talking to myself. I speak excellent English.
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You know talking to yourself is a sign you’re crazy.
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Then you are stuuupid because the word is mad. Besides, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing time and again expecting a different result. You wouldn’t do that, right?
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Nope. Not like I continue talking to the same person hoping and expect her to be sweet. Are all backpack girlfriends this cheeky?
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Leave my cheeks out of this. Berk.
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They do kind of puff out like a squirrel. Guess that explains the squirrel queen title.
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Only because I am trying to hide all the cupcakes from you.
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It’s rude to talk with your mouth full. I thought you were all about manners.
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I said proper English I didn’t say shite about manners.
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Fair enough. You short people are so temperamental.
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You would know oompa
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I’m Wolverine height, which doesn’t help my case in any way. Still taller than you, so I win.
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Have you ever heard of small man complex?
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Yes, but you’re a woman, so you can’t use that excuse.
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Do you always call yourself a woman?
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You review books with that reading comprehension?
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I’m sorry I couldn’t understand you I was reading
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Are we suddenly have three different conversations on the same comment thread at the same time?
If we end up in a padded room, it is so your fault.
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I’d stick my tongue out if I wasn’t so mature
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The correct term is matuuuuuuuure.
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Would that it were all yanks were so easy to teach
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I still refuse to say humour. Humor, humor, humor, humor, humor.
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I still refuse to believe U can’t use U’s
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If we used U’s then what would you criticize us about? See. We do it because we love you guys.
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We would compliment your intelligence because we are very well mannered individuals.
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With some of the most colorful and amusing slang I’ve ever heard.
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you zeem to think you are zo zuperior.
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We iz. 😉
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Such Silly Statements.
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I love this Charles! It’s beautiful and true.
I think it’s part of the magic of love that you can’t explain the spark!
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Oooh. Magic! I should try to fit that idea into my character’s fumbling explanation.
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Always include the magic! 🙂
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He’s a warrior, so he doesn’t always think that way. Got a good explanation though from one character. Some sparks are more lust than love and others are more love than lust. It’s rare that you have only one of those in that type of spark.
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Sparks…yeah, you can’t explain some of them. Loved the way you put it though…couldn’t have been better 😀
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Thanks. It was a fun poem to write.
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It was better to read though 😉
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