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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: [King's Year 194, winter]

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I suppose I won't need this bribe, then.

[waves the package slightly]

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[his eyes zero on it]

What kind of book is it?

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[:)]

I wonder.

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[smiles]

All right, come in.

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[steps inside, handing the package to him]

Some shingles are missing from the roof, you know.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Oh, are they? I hadn't noticed.

[opening the package, kyaa books kyaa]

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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I am not surprised in the least.

[circles around to under the point where the shingles would be missing.

it's a leather-bound copy of Cetan Travellers' Tales.]

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[already started reading, but keeping a light touch on Noric's feelings]

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[much the same, but radiating a certain level of confidence he didn't before.]

...Xavier, is there a hole in the ceiling?

[oh, and now annoyance.]

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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A hole? Where?

[looks up] Oh, there's a hole. How did that happen

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[sighs]

Gods above. I thought we talked about this, at length, before I went away. Did you listen to a single thing I said?

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Well, I heard it, but when you left, it may have slipped my mind.

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I am not your personal memory bank.

[his irises flare silver, briefly, as he glances towards the back of the house.]

And you have not touched any of the tools.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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[shuffles, a little sheepish]

It really slipped my mind.

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I can only assume it hasn't rained since the hole was made. Even you would notice rain falling on your head.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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I think there was a hailstorm two weeks ago.

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"You think."

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I'm not entirely sure.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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...of course you're not.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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Enough about me.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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We were discussing the ceiling, but all right.

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How was it?

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[smiles]

Exhilirating.

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[grins, despite himself]

It had better be.

Re: [King's Year 194, winter]

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What I can do now, with her blessing, it's incredible. But I'm infinitely glad I spent all that time sorting it out myself first.