No. [He - will roll up the other sleeve and show them there. They're just like weird cuts in kind of a pattern all over.] They bother me a little sometimes, like an itch, but not really. From a long time ago.
[a nod, and she's opening the books, flipping through them.
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well, now that all that weirdness is out of the way, this is nice, actually. she settles into a rather congenial silence across from caleb, leafing through a diagram of electricity generation.]
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[Rolling his sleeve back down with a little bit of a grimace.]
An ugly story, anyway. And neither do you, though you may if you wish to.
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It's not really a story...
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Do they still hurt?
[the scars.]
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I was told the itching is healing.
[all scars, continuing to constantly heal over time...]
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[Rolling it right back down and going for the hot chocolate.]
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...
well, now that all that weirdness is out of the way, this is nice, actually. she settles into a rather congenial silence across from caleb, leafing through a diagram of electricity generation.]
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Oh, did you get a tea book...?
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A tea book?
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Electricity and tea.
[apparently she didn't mean having the drink, but a book on it, too...]
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. . . I misunderstood, I thought you wanted to get tea. [God.] Though I have not even provided this?
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Now that we know the library isn't cursed, we can just go and get one if needed.
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Would you like to have tea with me?
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. . . Maybe sometime. I like hot cocoa, but tea is nice, too. However, I would also be glad to bring you a book on it?
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[she drinks the hot chocolate.]
I will take your book recommendation, though.