Ira rolled his eyes at Jace’s gibe in regards to Sleeping Beauty and how she was better looking than him. “Don’t hold your breath, she might have been uglier than you,” He retorted though in truth he found the trading of ‘ugly’ shots to be growing boring. Ira had a high intelligence and though he was easily amused with Jace’s insults to him and the reactions of the shadow when Ira gave his own insults, he was also growing quickly bored with it. Especially since he didn’t put much stock into physical appearances yet or if he looked sexually appealing to the opposite sex or not. He was rudimentarily aware of the concept of sex, he understood from Jinx’s pregnancy where babies came from (not that he would have likely bought that story of a “stork” anyway) but the finer details and the actual manner of conception were unknown to him because despite his high intelligence and mannerisms he was still a child.
“Hmm, I don’t know how right you are about that,” Ira drew in a purposefully annoying hum. “I know a girl that likes me so that’s a point ahead of you, yeah?” It was probably true that Bones did not like him in the way that they were talking about - though he was thinking on the terms of innocent boyfriend/girlfriend things not the intimate implications of ‘lovers’ - but Jace didn’t know that and Ira had no intention of telling him. Technically, Ira wasn’t entirely lying because Bones had said that she liked him - simply Ira had not elaborated in what way, figuring he could get good use out of his bafflement regarding the other Juvenile. At Jace’s shot at his name, Ira was silent for a bit as they walked unwilling to admit that just a couple of months ago he had something remotely similar to Jinx. The last thing Ira wanted to admit was that Jace’s thoughts had mirrored Ira’s once thoughts.
“Pity for your grandmother then,” The Princeling snickered after his pregnant pause.