You might've taken it as a criticism of your species as a whole. There are certainly those who believe themselves God's gift to the universe.
[Which isn't how he intended it, so he appreciates that Claire doesn't jump to that conclusion.
Michael is calm and composed in the face of and impending lecture. He's been on the receiving end of several courtesy of old woman Josie, who simply can't understand why nothing he puts together in her kitchen ever tastes quite right.
(Except cake. Baking, recipes with strict ratios—those, he can manage.)]
I would never ask you to put your time into something for nothing, Claire. I'm going to ask a third party to taste it, and then I'm going to read their mind. Where there's a will, there's a way.
[He's going to ask Wanda. Wanda likes tea, and she tolerates the peculiarities of his angelic nature as well as Claire does.]
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[Which isn't how he intended it, so he appreciates that Claire doesn't jump to that conclusion.
Michael is calm and composed in the face of and impending lecture. He's been on the receiving end of several courtesy of old woman Josie, who simply can't understand why nothing he puts together in her kitchen ever tastes quite right.
(Except cake. Baking, recipes with strict ratios—those, he can manage.)]
I would never ask you to put your time into something for nothing, Claire. I'm going to ask a third party to taste it, and then I'm going to read their mind. Where there's a will, there's a way.
[He's going to ask Wanda. Wanda likes tea, and she tolerates the peculiarities of his angelic nature as well as Claire does.]