“Deh’rit,” Luke whispered, triumphantly. “She looked right at you and she said it! What does that mean?” Elliot thought about lying and saying that it meant “totally awesome, very handsome, in a respectful way,” but he was hoping Luke would submit to elvish lessons very soon and lying was no way to begin teaching him. “Uh . . . the closest translation would be that she called me a bluestocking.” “What does that mean?” “Um . . . like, a nerd,” said Elliot, and sighed. “Something along the lines of, someone who always has their nose buried in a book and who nobody wants to marry.” “Oh,” said
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