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"Well.. generally speaking we are all pretty young so I guess some people could have joined on impulse but some of the others seem to be real weirdos. So.. I mean everyone has to have a reason right? To throw away their normal life and take this as a better alternative?" He pushed himself back up into a sitting position. "I won't bother you about it though."

His own reason would be shared if she asked. He wouldn't blurt it out for no reason or anything but he was very bad at keeping secrets of his own. Of course he also wanted to learn all he could about Tika since it could help him help Before in the long run! BRO LUV.

"I don't wanna be a creep though!" He laughed and waved his hands around, picking up his book again. "But to be honest with you..." he glanced at the pages. "I was reading comics instead of studying." He gave her a wry grin.

"Well I mean I read everything. Comics are like.. my thing." He pulled the soft cover trade paper back out from the middle of the textbook. "I WAS reading the textbook. I swear. But then I got bored and... " The fat library book ended up abandoned in the grass and he opened handed the comic to Tika. It was the first collection of something called JUSTICE. If she flipped through she'd see that the interior art was just as amazing as the cover.

"It's.. one of the best DC comics. Other than Kingdom Come.. I brought that with me too." His fair skin turned a little pink. "I brought quite a few comics with me instead of towels and stuff. I guess I won't be picking up any new ones in the near future."

"Ooooh see now you told me so I have to MAKE you read comics." He shoved the book into her hands. "Just return it to me when you are done." He lifted the book he'd taken from the library. It was the 'boring' one but really it wasn't so boring, his head just hadn't been in it.

"Well I dunno I wanted to read about bigfoot being real but apparently no one has any REAL info on bigfoot. But I GUARANTEE there will be bigfoots in that Halloween place! What if I need to know the cultural details of bigfoots?!" He seemed to be really stuck on Bigfoot right now. Maaaaybe the idea of bigfoot had always intrigued him and he wanted to meet one? Did bigfoots eat people? ALL VALID CONCERNS.

"Oh sweet your book is cool. Are there dragons in that one?" She'd mentioned yetis but perhaps it was some sort of encyclopedia of monsters. "I wonder if they have the Lord of the Rings Bestiary... I used to own that one." Bix wouldn't reveal that ever since he got his weapon he fantasized about being Legolas...

"I guess it's a brown yeti.. except Bigfoots are American! And therefore way better." He smirked and gave a thumbs up. He actually hadn't seen any yeti or bigfoots when they were on their mission. It was probably better because he had NO real idea about yeti culture and if he'd been confronted it may have ended badly...

When Tika asked if he'd owned some of the books he simply turned red. "Umm uh.. yeah well I like that stuff. Lord of the Rings are some of my favorite books and I used to play the Dungeons and Dragons computer games." He coughed. "Plus.. mythology is cool. Right?" It was like he was asking for justification for being a nerd. "Its cool to read about at least. Now that I know man-eating monsters are real they don't seem quite as awesome."

"Really?" Bix sat up and grinned. "You can borrow mine if you want to re-read them. I don't mind. The library here is at least decent but..." He frowned.

"GOD I MISS THE INTERNET." He reiterated for the thousandth time. So far besides visiting Halloween for the festival, their life on campus had been pretty lame. "Can't they like.. jerry-rig some wireless or something? These cell phones seem to work.. but also CANT GET THE INTERNET."

He flopped onto his back and rolled around like a kid throwing a tantrum. Maybe he just liked rolling in grass? Who knows.