"I knew I could do it." But he can't say he hated the attention. Even a little bit. "I suppose I was trying to prove a point." He twists the box again and pulls. The box collapses in a cascade of colored walls leaving behind a round purple ball. He looks slightly happy about this, though clearly he'd have liked to have solved it faster.
"I suppose I was trying to prove that I didn't need him."
"I'm certain you didn't," he replied, hoping to be supportive. Aubrey James wasn't exactly someone Oswald would care to impress if he could help it. Intimidate, bully, blackmail, sure. But impress? The man was a corrupt pig high on the hog and completely under the sway of Falcone. He was a literal nothing in the grand scheme of things.
He stood up and started to clear the table, "You solve those puzzles so fast. I've never seen someone so smart before."
"No, I'm beginning to think I was wrong." He shakes off the thought for a moment, at the compliment. Which gets the briefest smile from him. A pleased looking thing before he remembers himself and how much quicker he would've been able to do it before. "I should be faster. Smarter."
Oswald shook his head, not sure at all how one could need Mayor James in any way. Especially someone as intelligent and all around better than the man as Edward was.
"If you say so." he agreed. Whether it was to the statement about the mayor or his assessment that he should somehow be more brilliant, was up to Ed to decide. Oswald simply didn't know what else to say in response to either.
"Since I cooked, will you be doing the dishes? Or should I?"
He chooses neither to respond to, and instead only responds to the question about the dishes. He may also be internally kicking himself to shut up Ed. "I'll do them." He gets up to wander over to the kitchen area to do just that."
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"I suppose I was trying to prove that I didn't need him."
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He stood up and started to clear the table, "You solve those puzzles so fast. I've never seen someone so smart before."
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"If you say so." he agreed. Whether it was to the statement about the mayor or his assessment that he should somehow be more brilliant, was up to Ed to decide. Oswald simply didn't know what else to say in response to either.
"Since I cooked, will you be doing the dishes? Or should I?"
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