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I love the smell of Napalm early in the morning

"I love the smell of freshly cut grass don't you?"

"No. That makes you a little weird."

"Oh for Christ's sake. Why does liking the smell of cut grass make me a weirdo? Come on Rain Man hit me with some obscure fact your brain has retained especially for moments like this one."

"When you cut grass, what you're smelling, well it's a chemical distress signal. It's basically the grasses way of showing it's in pain. So it's like saying you like the smell when someone's had their arms and legs cut off. Who's Rain Man?" 

"Oh trust you to know the chemical reason grass smells when cut but have no clue about cultural references. You know the film? With Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman? Rain Man? Savant who can count tooth picks in the blink of an eye?"

"No sorry. That last part sounds like a mission impossible to me?"

"Are you taking the piss now?"

"I don't think so. We were talking about the smell of cut grass. Mind you next you'll be telling me you love petrichor."

"Petri who now?"

"Petrichor. The smell produced when rain falls on dry ground."

"Boy you are going to die a virgin you know that right? Wait, don't answer that I don't want to be lying awake at night wishing I'd never brought up the subject. Don't pretend to look hurt. You don't know what the emotion feel like you saw a photo in a text book and saved it for a petrichor day."

"Emily please don't take this the wrong way but I found learning latin was easier than trying to ever understand what half the things you say actually mean."

"Oh now I know you're taking the piss Edward. You don't know latin."

"Fluctuat nec mergitur."

"Edward, any fool can remember a phrase in Latin. Veci, Vedi, Veni."

"Hoc est verissimum. By the way, it's veni, vidi, vici."

"That's what I said, I came, I saw and I'm going to kick your arse if you don't shut up. Oh wait shit did you smile then? Did you get that it was a joke? Awww I love you. Come here and give me a hug."

"No, don't touch me. No, get away."

"Come on Eddie just a little hug, come here no don't run off. Come back!"

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