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Chapter 4. Pretty
Puck knows exactly the date that it happened, and he can't stand it. It came on so suddenly, and he was so surprised, that he doesn't have any idea how to stop it except to surprise it back out of himself.
So he makes sure to get up early, and watch her when she first wakes up, because NO ONE can look okay when they first wake up. But he was wrong, and he was more surprised into it.
He plays pranks especially to make her look gross, because even he wouldn't willingly jump into a vat of old buttermilk and glue, but he makes her get into it because that HAS to work. He was wrong again. Even covered in glop and glowering at him, he still thinks she is. And he is terrified.
And then he sees her fear in the face of that weird lady from New York City, and he is so surprised that he can't help it anymore.
Puck keeps trying to surprise himself out of it, and he fails each time. He thinks Canis knows what he's doing, but for some reason the old man doesn't say anything. He knows the Wolf knows, since the stupid dog said it in front of everyone. But no one seemed to notice, so Puck thinks he's safe.
One night Puck hears movement and goes to investigate. And he sees her covering her face in glop willingly, and he wonders what she's trying to hide. As she gets more and more frustrated with herself, Puck hopes that this will surprise him out of it. So he watches her each night, and much to his chagrin, not even this can surprise him out of it.
It's when Puck handcuffs them together that he admits that he's probably not going to get out of it anytime soon, especially since he thinks it even when she's close to tears she's so angry.
Puck knows when it started. When he saw her, standing against Jack the liar, after Charming had already been defeated by the giant, and she runs. She runs, and then she fights both Jack and the giant. Puck can't help but be shocked at how brave this girl is, even though she's all alone.
When the giant falls, killed by accident, Puck was struck by the sudden idea that this human girl, this thief of Granny's attention, was pretty. And it scared him so badly that he was willing to do anything to surprise the idea back out of himself.
When Puck tells Sabrina she doesn't need the makeup to look pretty, he finally admits to himself that this idea isn't going away. In fact, it might be here for good, especially with how Sabrina's eyes widened when he said so, and the not quite unseen smile that made its way across her face. How could he not think that was pretty?
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