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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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 Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:09 pm
*Maggie nods* Aye . . we are where we are, whate'er we choose te make of it. . . *She reaches out to run her fingertips over the spines of the books, her eyes distant for a moment*
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:17 pm
*Luke's quiet for a moment. He crosses his arms lightly and leans back against the bookshelf, also for a moment lost in thought.*
*Luke didn't especially like thoughts like that. He liked to think that he had---*
*It's probably the fact that he's just come back from his law exam, having to logically argue most of his thoughts and ideas. He speaks his mind.*
*speculating* Yeah, but don't you think people have the power to change things? *puts his hands up and shakes them a little as he quotes her* I mean, "we are where we are", but things don't have to stay that way.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:25 pm
*Luke's words draw her back, and she looks at him again, turning them over in her mind* I . . . think ye may be right, in a way . . *she furrows her brow, thinking* I suppose, sometimes, 'tis easier te accept things as they are. . . e'en when ye may be unhappy with them. *she sighs slightly and admits* I fear I have been rather guilty of that.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:39 pm
*Luke doesn't know exactly what she means by that. He bets it has something to do with Bard.*
*His brow furrows. He lets a short silence sit between them. He doesn't know quite what to say to that.*
*so he puts a sideways smile on his face and clears his throat* *He lifts up the book "The Peace of Acceptance"* I don't know all that much about "accepting things the way they are", but there's a book over here that can tell you all about it.
*hands it to her, sees if she can read it....*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:37 pm
*Maggie recognizes the attempt to shift the mood and goes along with it, studying the letters on the cover carefully* Ehm . . . the . . p . . pe . . . *she frowns at the letter 'C' and asks* Is it supposed te sound like an 'S' or a 'K' there?
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:39 pm
*Luke smiles a little.* The C? Sounds like an S.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:44 pm
*Maggie nods with a puzzled sort of frown, and mutters, half to herself* Truly, I dinna see why they needed te make an entire other letter when it doesna e'en have its own sound. . .
*she shakes her head and focuses on the title again* The . . peace . . of . . ah . . *and she blinks* Heavens, now two of them.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:51 pm
*points* Yeah, now it's a "K" *demonstrates* sound. Ack... Oh, yeah, then an S sound. Ack-Sss... *He realizes suddenly that he sounds like a moron.*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:56 pm
*Yet Maggie looks at him as though he's a complete authority on the subject - which, compared to her, he is* So . . . the first 'C' has a 'K' sound . . . and the second one the 'S' sound . . . ?
How is it that ye tell which sound te use where?
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:01 pm
*clears his throat, as though he is the authority on these things*
Well, it's uh... I mean, because...*Luke tries to remember from grammar school. He remembers recess.* It's the first C so...
*looks at Maggie, a grin growing and realizes* Christ, this is hard.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:11 pm
*Maggie laughs a little and returns the grin* Aye, truly . . I've been fortunate that - *and she cuts herself off, her smile fading*
Well. *she pastes another one on, however false, and looks at the title once more*
If 'tis K and then S . . . . ahhkkk . . . ssehh . . sehp . . . t . . tah . . tahn ..... *and there it is. Another C. She's not sure whether to laugh or sigh, but at this point she has enough of the word to figure out the last bit* Acceptance. The Peace of Acceptance.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:19 pm
*Luke grins* Yeah, right on. The Peace of Acceptance. *notes* Has a lot of Cs in it.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:24 pm
Aye, that it does. *Maggie hands the book back to him, her smile softening into a more sincere one* Thank ye for helping me te read it.
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:32 pm
*shrugs and leans back lazily* No sweat. Somewhere outside the Brink, my first grade teachers are smiling and they don't know why.
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:40 pm
*Maggie shakes her head and smiles again, glancing back at all the books, and asks out of curiosity* What sort of book was it ye were searching for?
*She plucks one off the shelf at random and makes another attempt at reading* Rr . . reht . . rih . . . Retrib ....
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