"Yeah well the past doesn't matter... Now matters and we're together," he said, leaning in to kiss Stephen softly. "Always hmmm? Like right now or are you too engrossed in OWL level Runes?" he asked, only half-teasing.
"Oh, he's not stupid, just principled... I don't know which is worse," Adrian added, wrinkling his nose up. "I mean at least stupid people think they're right... Principled people could cut their nose off to spite their face," he added. "But I'll talk to him anyway."