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I'll just go up to avante to get it and a book, then—you can come along, if you like.

[ regardless, beep boop summoning the elevator. ]

[...cannot do the elevator.] I will, ah, wait here, then...

I'm, ah, sorry.

...?

[ she has a Concern.

.......duly noted that persephone cannot do an elevator, and... ]

...oh wait hang on. I always forget I can do this.

[ a ghostly double peels off from her, and gets into the elevator in her stead. better living through unit powers. ]

[better living through unit powers.]

...I only, ah, get into elevators when there is no choice. [he means the Game Tower.] I am, ah, sorry...

[claustrophobia sucks.]

...no, you really needn't be.

It's really no inconvenience at all, so—this way, I can accompany you, too. She'll be back in a few minutes with everything I need.

...thank you.

I, ah, knew about that power of your unit, but this is...probably the first time I have seen it, used.

I didn’t pick it up for a long time since it seemed sort of disconcerting, but it’s useful, as it turns out. Less for fighting, more for circumstances like this.

I can, ah, imagine how it would be useful for fighting, but not particularly with your fighting style.

Ah... mm, it doesn't integrate terribly well with how I fight, it's true.

...I think most of avante uses it for doing chores, honestly.

[what he doesn't say is that it would work well with his style. but then, his memory had already been proof of that.]

A, ah, practical way of doing things...

[ let us imagine for a moment the wild-ass shit that would have been the AU where Persephone is on avante and Shrike is on sensitIV, ]

That, or most of the unit doesn't have the patience for chores, otherwise...

...what book are you bringing?

[that would have been a completely weird AU.]

And they, ah, still need to be done.

[pulls a book out of his frilly white bag] I, ah, have a book on fairy tales...

Oh... do I remember seeing you with that one before, or is that my imagination?

[ the elevator dings, and her double steps out, with a few slim volumes and a boxed tea set. ]

Here, let's go, then; we can walk and talk at the same time.

It is, ah, the same one I had before, yes. [and will follow after her]

[ she is still mildly wigged out enough by having a double that she just opts to carry all the stuff herself and vanish the feint. ]

Is there something about that volume that holds particular interest? I didn't realize it was such a favorite.

There are, ah, a lot of stories I like in it.

...and it, ah, was one of the first books I bought, here.

Mm... I suppose something that means something to you for the first time has some magic to it.

...I think it was, ah, the first book I ever could buy for myself. Especially with, ah, how...expensive...books were back home.

[ oh

she's a rich girl. that's uncomfortable to have put into perspective, sometimes. ]

...ah, it's true that it's just... there's so much wonder so readily available here.

[impoverished nobility. plus his domain definitely didn't invest in printing technology or infrastructure.]

And a lot of, ah, people take it for granted. But I, ah, own eight books here...and back home, those would have cost more than me.

[and his services were Not Cheap, either.]

Edited 2020-04-28 05:19 (UTC)

[ note to self buy persephone books like, all the time ]

I'm glad we met for a lot of reasons, but I'm glad we get to enjoy this together here, then.

[nods] As, ah, am I.

D'you have a particular favorite out of all those stories?

I, ah, liked the tale of Ye Xian...

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