I thanked him too. Thanked him first, actually. [now that his hands are free, he'll link them behind his head] You can shelve those in the library if you want, for the rest of the club.
[their book nerd club he means]
Anyway, it was good practice for me. Gotta keep my memory sharp, even here.
[STOP YEAH.... he can't wink so he'll flash her a cheeky grin]
Monks are way more impressive than Bookman. They got that far with their faith and dedication alone. If I didn't have a photographic memory, then Gramps wouldn't have looked at me twice.
History's "messes" usually mean wars. Lives lost, families torn apart. Though, yes, the best literature in my personal opinion comes from war eras... I find it because they're easier to relate to.
[ Modernism, and tragedies. Though perhaps not the kind that revolve so deeply around familial things as these three tragedies do. ]
No. Ghoul lifespans aren't known to be any longer than humans...
If anything, with the rate that ghouls are often killed, the lifespan is shorter on average, in a sense.
Historians... there must be some out there who seek it. In the 24th Ward, there are secret pockets of ghouls that remain isolated from the surface world, driven under there by necessity -- they're close to what could be considered "traditional".
But I've not known any ghoul historians, aside from the occasional somewhat insane human with a vested interest.
Well, if you're obsessing yourself with a subspecies of human who are genetically engineered to eat humans, it does ask for some level of insanity, right?
It isn't as if society exactly paints ghouls nicely to begin with.
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anyway eto will probably quickly realize that it's a hand-written copy, the hand-writing neat and legible, of the plays by Sophocles]
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. Figured you could use something to read that doesn't have pages or the best parts missing.
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She holds these books with a quiet expression, though he may notice her grips on them is rather hard. ]
I see. Why these?
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Cause you said you like tragedies. I was gonna do Macbeth and Othello, but I figured you might be kinda tired of Shakespeare.
...Which is why I wrote 'em. They're my way of thanking ya for saving my life.
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[ She's smiling but it's very like. Lowkey iffy. I'M SORRY HE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING SO NICE. ]
You know, it isn't just me. Chandra also wrote some things... I didn't really think of it as saving a life, really. Nothing to be repaid.
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I thanked him too. Thanked him first, actually. [now that his hands are free, he'll link them behind his head] You can shelve those in the library if you want, for the rest of the club.
[their book nerd club he means]
Anyway, it was good practice for me. Gotta keep my memory sharp, even here.
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[ She'll tuck these notebooks under her arm for the time being. ]
Impressive, that you can recite multiple Greek tragedies in their entirety from memory alone.
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The product of years and years of practicing! I won't say that I don't have a natural talent for it though.
[he has unfortunately remembered the little of the fault in our stars he was forced to read]
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[ Yaywon... cursed by Hazel Grace forevermore... ]
Or is it truly just a product of training? I know Buddhist monks practice for years and years to be able to recite the sutras from memory alone.
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Monks are way more impressive than Bookman. They got that far with their faith and dedication alone. If I didn't have a photographic memory, then Gramps wouldn't have looked at me twice.
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[ Accidentally losing cr points by happening to choose three Greek tragedies revolving around lineage and parentage... ]
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Yeah? What's your take then?
[look he can't read brackets but she clearly did not look enthused?]
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Photographic memory isn't really a choice, is it?
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But it's just picking up what other people put down. If they don't wanna remember them, then I will.
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I don't like to pick up after the messes that others cause.
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I don't either.
[weird, how eto's words just summoned the feelings Lavi always keeps so carefully suppressed. he tries to follow it up with something light, stops]
But that's what history's full of. Messes.
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[ Modernism, and tragedies. Though perhaps not the kind that revolve so deeply around familial things as these three tragedies do. ]
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...Because of the ghouls and humans in your world?
[he remembers her mentioning revolution in her book, though he's not sure how much of that is just fiction, or inspiration]
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Anyone can die, any day, and often with unnecessary cruelty from both sides.
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How'd it start? Has it been like that since the beginning?
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For as long as I've known, for certain, and my father, and my father's father.
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If anything, with the rate that ghouls are often killed, the lifespan is shorter on average, in a sense.
Historians... there must be some out there who seek it. In the 24th Ward, there are secret pockets of ghouls that remain isolated from the surface world, driven under there by necessity -- they're close to what could be considered "traditional".
But I've not known any ghoul historians, aside from the occasional somewhat insane human with a vested interest.
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[. . . . . .]
How insane is 'somewhat'?
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It isn't as if society exactly paints ghouls nicely to begin with.
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[SCIENCE DID THIS?]
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