Oh dear. Gansey puts one and one together and gets to somewhere around 'do not joke about ghosts to the guy born when the veil was thin'. He gives a little wince of a smile in apology.

"Dickens was paid by the word and we're still suffering for it in classes everywhere." This is imparted like an amusing anecdote. "I think Hemingway fanboys just decided adjectives are a sin."

Iggy is adorable and it almost hurts a little, honestly. "You haven't been yet." And Gansey won't tell him if he is. It's nice to just talk with someone. "So the wiles win out over the awkward is what I'm hearing."