`code` is invisible, solely when directly inside `small`

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Recently, I entered the undermentioned:

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…at another Discourse instance:

It was quoted from the cited website.

When it is rendered, all of the small > a > code renders, whereas code of the small > code does not:

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In case it differs for you, I observe:

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…is what I originally believed! Rather, it does render, but the CSS renders the small > code invisible, because its background colouration is identical to that of the blockQuote’s. Strangely, this is untrue for the a[href].