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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.

Comments

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Oh?

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Metal is rare in Orion.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Ah. That's right. It isn't here, and we trade fair amounts with Lacerta.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

We tended to save it for things like blades and hammers.

[putting plates into a cupboard]

Cookware was mostly stone.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

I don't think we've used stone in ages.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

[shrugs]

Just a difference in resources.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

I have a book on it. [tentatively] If you like.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Ah... I suppose I should know more about this country.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[shrugs]

You might not like what you learn. We're not ... typical.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

I've heard rumours enough about Lepus.

[packing away the last of the plates.]

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Such as?

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Sacrificial ones.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Oh, that's true.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

...mmm.

[finishes the last of the sorting.]

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

It's terrible. They just don't understand how terrible it is.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Not understanding is no excuse.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

Mmm. Normally, I'd agree, but it's ... their culture. Scientists, they might be, but thinking about of the emotional box is not something they can manage.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

It's still no excuse.

[leaves the room]

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

I didn't say it was.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

You did. You said "but".

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[quietly]

I just don't want to believe it's hopeless.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

I see.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

[sigh]

Are you going to hold that against me too?

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xceptional.insanejournal.com]

Unless you perform sacrifices yourself, no.

Re: [Year 186, fall, Lepus]

[xistential.insanejournal.com]

It's not possible for me to be like a Lepus.