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[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Who: Noric and Xavier
Where: ramshackle rustic house near the Lacerta border of Lepus
When: Year 185, late spring (and onwards)
What: married life

[In the kitchen, Noric shouts through the door into the next room.]

Xavier, either you move this pile of books from where they are, or they will tragically find themselves knocked into the fire.

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[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[it takes him a minute to register]

Sorry, did you say something?

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

I said I'm eating this copy of Dragons of the North for dinner.

[and then the sound of paper ripping]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[gets up quickly, snatching it from his hands]

That is savagery. Unethical.

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

You have two copies. Now move this stack, it's already a fire hazard, this close to the cooking fire.

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Move it where exactly?

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Somewhere else.

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[there's an annoyed huff as Xavier takes the books and puts them on top of another stack of books which are away from the fire]

There.

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

[just. looks at it. if that's higher than his waist he is going to say something in about three seconds.]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

What? See, it's far away from the fire. Stop nagging.

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

There are too many books in this house.

[goes back to lighting the fire and setting a pot to hang over it.]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with that.

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

There is if it takes over living space. This is absurd.

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

I've never had a problem.

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

You'd bury yourself in a casket made of them if given half a chance.

[shoves some books off the preparation area, thunking down vegetables to cut.]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[looks at him, uncomprehendingly]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

...

Need I remind you that with two people living here, you end up with less space?

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

So?

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

So if you keep accumulating books, there will soon be no space.

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

I... suppose that is a problem.

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Something to consider.

[dumps the vegetables into the pot.]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Well, what should I do with them?

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

[bland]

Throw them out.

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Oh, look, you found your sense of humour.

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

It would solve the problem.

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[bites his lip]

We're not burning them.