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Compliments were always a quick way to worm into Alfred’s heart, and though he got them more often from Gilbert than he did from others, there was something special about the Prussian’s words. “Feeling sentimental?” he laughed, but the smile on his face was anything but obxious or rude. “I’m glad you can see that, though, but you helped me a lot in this growing period!”