"Ah, I understand," murmured the imperial scapegrace.
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"scapegrace"
"A mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascal." "Mischievous" is being kind. "Wayward," definitely. "A young person or child," no . . . but, as I kept pointing out, outrageously immature. "Racist," yes, but that wasn't part of the definition.
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