"That...that is a great idea." He rubbed his cheek against Ace's soft silky beautiful hair. It was no fair.

"Howccum you always...always have the best ideas. I can't have good ideas here. They're all terrible. I hate evvrybody but you babies. And the women're'all pencils. Wassup with that? Mus be somethin in the water." And he frowned heavily so Ace would understand the seriousness and then carefully tried to lick a freckle off his cheek.