[Edward blinks, startled again as Oswald grabs his shoulder and just sort of... staring in shock a little. Until he adjusts his glasses and composes himself again a little.]
...Oh.
[So. He made the right call, then. And then--
Then Oswald calls him brilliant and Edward doesn't quite smile, still too surprised to, but he seems to... brighten. He almost doesn't quite know what to say and he can feel his face heating up, just a little.
No one's called him that before.]
Well, I-- I just noticed an opportunity, while I was going through the nearby network, so I figured...
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...Oh.
[So. He made the right call, then. And then--
Then Oswald calls him brilliant and Edward doesn't quite smile, still too surprised to, but he seems to... brighten. He almost doesn't quite know what to say and he can feel his face heating up, just a little.
No one's called him that before.]
Well, I-- I just noticed an opportunity, while I was going through the nearby network, so I figured...