"Just that our flirting yesterday and everything that followed put us both in a shitty position and we did it anyway," Avery replies quietly, reassuringly, as if he'd caught the fear in Scorpius" tone. He clicks his tongue before adding: "It's nothing against you, Scorpius. You're not just pretty, you're beautiful. The difference is overwhelming, and no matter how hard you try to disguise it, it's always visible."