(Lol! )(True, but what you edited it to makes a good deal more sense
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“Perspective is everything,” Priam said solemnly. “Sometimes all we need is someone to shift ours, and sense falls in line.” He left her last statement unanswered, answering somewhat in his head, rather than aloud. He stared, unseeing, at their joined hands, which he wasn’t entirely aware were still joined. “I’m sorry, about your mother,” he said, the realization of what Irene had said about her mum hitting him a little late. “Have you heard nothing about them since you were brought here?”
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“That is up to the recipient to decide,” Allen said, wriggling his eyebrows playfully. Of course he had intended it as a promise, but maybe a threat would have served better? “Wow—after all that, I get demoted from lion to tomcat?” He asked jokingly as he fell in step beside her.
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Haley went around to the trunk to see if he needed any help carrying things. “Sorry to ruin your movie-quote moment, but no, I haven’t seen that,” she said, shrugging lightly. “I’ve never been one for movies of any kind.”
Irene slowly shook her head. "No, which is perhaps for the best. If the news was unfavorable, I'd probably try to escape." She admitted softly.
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"I could go back to Hairspray. That's a crowd pleaser. A crowd of one, me if you missed your guess." Ashton said quite proud of herself.
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Dyrus laughed at that. "Trust me, you're not missing anything and that's a good thing. " He said as he shut the truck. "Besides, they say TV rots the brain and I like your gray matter just the way it is. you're sharp as a tack and clever beyond compare. You kept me on my toes out there on the hunt." He said as he started for the main door to the house.
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