"Really?" Duped again. When is she going to learn? People's faces aren't always what they think, but her mum taught her not to ever outright ask anyone's age, so she doesn't, she simply takes it in stride.
"It would've been too simple if you could just sense it. When has this place ever let us off that easy?" Although maybe it has, and instead of that being a rhetorical question, she kind of means it. "Have you ever sensed a beacon easily?"
"If I had something that was a point of pride but also something other people might want to get their hands on, I'd hide it or disguise it as something hiding in plain sight, like, I dunno. A vase. That way, I can control who I want to know about it." Clara pauses a beat.
"I know I read a lot of fiction, but seriously, people do weird things with stuff like this."
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"Really?" Duped again. When is she going to learn? People's faces aren't always what they think, but her mum taught her not to ever outright ask anyone's age, so she doesn't, she simply takes it in stride.
"It would've been too simple if you could just sense it. When has this place ever let us off that easy?" Although maybe it has, and instead of that being a rhetorical question, she kind of means it. "Have you ever sensed a beacon easily?"
"If I had something that was a point of pride but also something other people might want to get their hands on, I'd hide it or disguise it as something hiding in plain sight, like, I dunno. A vase. That way, I can control who I want to know about it." Clara pauses a beat.
"I know I read a lot of fiction, but seriously, people do weird things with stuff like this."