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Percy crowed "This is a copy of a recent Royal Society Bulletin in which it is announced that my paper has been accepted and will soon be published I shall be famous"

"Your paper?" Rue was suddenly suspicious

"Your paper about what?" So was Prim

"Werelionesses!" Percy crowed

Rue and Pried dialectsthe ay

"Percy," hissed Rue, "you didn’t"

"Ithan weremonkeys, don’t you think? And I’m the only author"

"Primrose, and I led your brother?"

"Go right ahead" Pri "Percy, how could you! Tasherit explicitly asked that her status as a supernatural be kept private"

"I perjuredher!" Rue added

"We all agreed!" insisted Priree And I couldn’t very well let that insufferable inventor and his feet the credit for the second most important discovery of the century"

"Oh, Percy, Miss Sekh to be so upset" Prim nibbled her lip

"And that’s what really concerns you, isn’t it, sister?"

"I’ve no idea what you’re talking about" Priain and the other tere forced to keep up

"As if I don’t see those whiskers sniffing around--"

Rue could see where this was heading "Stop it, both of you Percy, you’re insufferable You did this to get back at Quesnel and there is good chance we ht now She’s the best defence our ship has Not to htless of you"

Percy narrowed his eyes "Footnote doesn’t like her"