[His cheeks are still a bit pink. Being called exceptional is not something that happens often. Once he would've puffed up and bragged about it, but-- no, actually, he still does that. Just maybe not when someone is asking to be his friend.
He blusters at such directness, ever the halfhearted hurricane.]
Even knowing I have never had a friend, you say such things. I apologize, but you cannot be my friend, because-- because I wish to be your friend, first!
[The outburst earns him a strange look from someone in line.]
A-and I will prove it by making the most delicious cake you have ever tasted!
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[His cheeks are still a bit pink. Being called exceptional is not something that happens often. Once he would've puffed up and bragged about it, but-- no, actually, he still does that. Just maybe not when someone is asking to be his friend.
He blusters at such directness, ever the halfhearted hurricane.]
Even knowing I have never had a friend, you say such things. I apologize, but you cannot be my friend, because-- because I wish to be your friend, first!
[The outburst earns him a strange look from someone in line.]
A-and I will prove it by making the most delicious cake you have ever tasted!