Every other storyline will now be talking to griffins in a forest.
Ha ha ha, just kidding.
OR AM I?
Yes.
Authorial intent is Elliot is blushing a little out of embarrassment, but I've sort of underused blushing to signify embarrassment, and used it quite a lot to signify attraction, so...
Hey, if you want to interpret it that way, I'm not the boss of you. I've said my actual intent, however.
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