Claudius copies it as he would any other sign Magnus teaches him, and finds it pleasing and simple to make. He can easily imagine deploying it in a scrimmage of wits with someone whose society he rejects. "Now this is an elegant masterstroke," he says. "You may not know about the cut direct, but you've customs every bit as eloquent for expressing disapproval. And just telling him he's an asshole -- I wish I could've seen it, frankly."
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