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Uh, my lord, I am not actually food. You do realize this, yes?
Gail Carriger
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Gail Carriger
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: May 4
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Alexia suspected Lord Maccon's handling was a tad more than was strictly called for under the circumstances, but she secretly enjoyed the sensation. After all, how often did a spinster of her shelf life get manhandled by an earl of Lord Maccon's peerage? She had better take advantage of the situation.
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Lord Akeldama did so love to know all the gossip about the mundane world, but it was in the manner of a cat amusing himself among the butterflies without a need to interfere should their wings get torn off. They were only butterflies, after all.
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A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age.
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He was so very large and so very gruff that he rather terrified her, but he always behaved correctly in public, and there was a lot to be said for a man who sported such well-tailored jackets---even if he did change into a ferocious beast once a month.
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No one ever explained the octopuses.
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Oh, dear me, no. Then I should be known as that vampire with all the cats.
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Lord Maccon reflected upon the state of his life wherein he had somehow gained a spouse who could not give a pig's foot for the latest dresses out of Paris but who whined about not owning an aethographic transmitter. Well, at least the two were comparable obsessions so far as expense was concerned.
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Lord Maccon was built like a brick outhouse, with opinions twice as unmoving and often equally full of crap.
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I'd rather be loyal than right.
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He...boasted an unassuming mustache, which was perched atop his upper lip cautiously, as though it were slightly embarrassed to be there and would like to slide away and become a sideburn or something more fashionable.
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Alexia blinked stupidly at the Beta from around the earl’s upper arm. Her heart was doing crazy things, and she still could not locate her kneecaps. She took a deep breath and put some serious attention into tracking them down.
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I do not giggle without purpose. Lady Linette says you should never misapply a giggle.
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The important question is, what will your wear for a wedding dress, Alexia? You look horrible in white.
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So, what do you think, my dear, will it be a girl or a boy?” “It will be a soul-stealer, apparently.” “What!” The earl reared away from his wife and looked down at her suspiciously.
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I am entirely capable. Of what, waddling up to someone and ruthlessly bumping into them?
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You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason? I was hungry, allowances should be made.
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