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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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Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[No response.]

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[just gonna stay like this for a while]

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[night's fallen before he returns, his calm, solid presence being felt before the sound of him opening the door registers. then he's dumping bags on the floor, talking loudly from a few rooms away.]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but they've stopped making that parchment you normally use. You'll have to make do with the stuff from old Ferrus, unless someone else goes into the trade.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[immedialely grabs whatever book is around and pretends to be completely dense, ignoring Noric]

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[unfortunately, this is nothing new, so he carries on. he crosses into the room where Xavier is, depositing a stack of parchment onto the table nearby.]

He's hardly worth the amount of trade he demands for it. Possibly someone in Lacerta will make a better deal.

[walks out again into the kitchen, intent on unloading his supplies.]

Thankfully getting a new hammer wasn't such a chore.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[looks up, feigning a smile]

Well, that's something at least.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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I'm still not sure how the old one managed to ruin itself, metal isn't supposed to bend that easily.

[comes back into the room.]

I got a decent amount of lizard meat, so how do you want it cooked?

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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Who knows.

Whatever you like. You've had a long day.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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Hum. I don't mind the trip.

[glances at the book]

...are you so bored you're trying to read upside down, now?

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[he flushes darkly, immediately dropping the book]

Yes. Well. Another boring day.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[comes over and picks the book up from where it fell.]

Really.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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Really. Of course. What else would it be?

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[flipping through it, idly]

A bad pretense.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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Lying is harder than it seems, apparently.

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[sits down opposite him. and waits.]

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[sighs, running a hand through his hair]

My brother came to visit.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[raises his eyebrows]

I didn't know you had one.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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And I was hoping to keep it that way. He's younger than me, by a few years.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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Ah.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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I hear his parents are very proud of him.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[odd turn of phrase...]

What was he visiting for?

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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Information, what else? He gave himself away though. Another human experiment.

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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[a sting of ugly surprise]

Your brother experiments on people?

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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This is Lepus, Noric. I can assure you, everyone does a little human experimentation here.

[his tone is dull, like it's fact]

Re: [YEARS LATER]

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I'm aware.

[but it's different to hear it about someone related to Xavier.]