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“Can you hand me that screwdriver?” H gestured, and took it as B handed it over. “Thanks. By the way, have you heard the rumors about Kit’s brother not liking you very much?”

B looked immediately alarmed. “Jacques?”

“No,” H replied as he examined the balloon project he was working on. “Her younger brother. Lemony Snicket.”

The alarmed expression turned into a confused frown. “I don’t think we’ve even met.”

H shrugged. “Apparently, your previous chaperone talks about you rather a lot.”

“And she said something bad?”

“I think probably the opposite,” H turned his attention to B from his project. “If you get what I mean.”

Realization clicked in after a few moments, and B fidgeted rather uncomfortably. “Oh. I think - chaperones, teachers - they’re like that, you know? That’s just, a thing they tell the students, they think it sets some kind of goals? By making these comparisons.”

“I mean, sure that’s true,” H shrugged. “But I’m also willing to bet that you’re a less troublesome apprentice than Snicket to her, from what I’ve heard.”

B looked away for a moment, before turning back to H, smiling rather thinly. Tensely. “Well behavior doesn’t always solve cases though, does it?”

H raised an eyebrow, and for a moment he wanted to ask B about the rumors about the chaperone in discussion, and how her ranking had dropped drastically, suddenly, just a few years ago. But he didn’t. He’d asked K before, but even she didn’t know, so H doubted B would say anything if he asked.

After an awkward silence, B stood up. “Uh - I’m going to see if Dewey needs any help.”

H watched as B hurried away.

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