Linus blinks at Tom for a full two seconds. Then a horrified blush spreads across his face as he realizes his error. He head-desks the pile of mittens and kettles. This isn\u2019t really a head-desking but there is no standard English word for dramatically banging your head into a pile of warm woolen mittens and bright copper kettles. There is a German word, of course, drastisch-senken-sieden-koptin-einen-haufen-warmenwollen-faustlinge-undhelle-kupfer-kesseln-expialadocien . . . but that isn\u2019t immediately helpful when you\u2019re dealing with nannies hailing from space.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cThat is so embarrassing,\u201d says Linus. Then he frowns. \u201cHey.\u201d<\/p>\n
He straightens. He rubs at the polish on one of the bright copper kettles. The copper smears away revealing only the dark black of a Fan Hoeng kettle-soul below.<\/p>\n
\u201cFake kettles,\u201d says Linus. It is almost a relief to him. It distracts him from his error. Now he gets to be cool.<\/p>\n
He gives Maria his best cool, awesome antichrist glare.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery cunning,\u201d the antichrist says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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