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[the solemnity fades away at the reminder, and his face opens again -- interest rekindling]

...Can I ask what's it about? King Bileygr.

[books....!!]

Ohoho. I didn't think my book would get this much popularity, here. You're certainly not the first person to ask me for a synopsis.

I guess being a "bookman" is actually very literal as well?

[he shoots her a wry look,]

Gramps would probably say that I should control my emotions more. [or like, just get rid of them. but he shrugs]

But I've always liked books, 'specially written by people who I think are interesting.

[that's you, eto]

[ Feeling is for losers, apparently. ]

Flattery will get you nowhere.

[ She says, even as she's about to acquiesce to his request. ]

It's a bit of a heroic epic -- slightly different from what I usually write. It's about a one-eyed ghoul who becomes the leader who unites all of ghoulkind, leading a rebellion against a corrupt human society, liberating them from their oppression.

[Heroic epics are good? They're classics for a reason.

But also, it makes sense a little more now, why Eto was interested in hearing about Bookman. A novel about a war, when war is all of history.]

...That just makes me wanna read it even more, you know.

Why one-eyed? You wanted to tie it in with the title?

It's a bit complicated. Requires a lot of backstory from my world.

There's been talk of a one-eyed ghoul running about, recently. One black eye with red iris...

The other... a pretty, translucent green.

[ She's looking at him meaningfully. ]

Slaughtering men, left and right, when they're together all alone... leaving a streak of red in their wake, like a royal cape.