"Math isnae English," says Nick with satisfied relish. "It's better." Crisper, clearer, truer than anything else. He got kicked at for liking that too, yelled at when he wouldn't do the older boys' maths just 'cause they were bigger and stupid and thought they could order him so.
She doesn't look like she's about to scud him for anything and she's smart enough to know what he's on about, so he moves away to give her room to scramble up.
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She doesn't look like she's about to scud him for anything and she's smart enough to know what he's on about, so he moves away to give her room to scramble up.