He listens with patience—not the kind that says he's simply waiting for his turn to speak, but the genuine kind—limned with reserved curiosity. Presently, amusement surfaces, though falls short of a smile; it's in the angles of his face, the gleam in his yellow eye.]
There's time enough to allow yourself to acclimatize before you commit to any thesis in particular.
[He stops short of advising that no one expects her to become an expert on arrival. When you're new anywhere, it certainly doesn't hurt to impress—and you'll never catch him encouraging anyone not to learn something.
(Besides, he did the very same thing she's doing now.) (Sans outbursts.)]
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He listens with patience—not the kind that says he's simply waiting for his turn to speak, but the genuine kind—limned with reserved curiosity. Presently, amusement surfaces, though falls short of a smile; it's in the angles of his face, the gleam in his yellow eye.]
There's time enough to allow yourself to acclimatize before you commit to any thesis in particular.
[He stops short of advising that no one expects her to become an expert on arrival. When you're new anywhere, it certainly doesn't hurt to impress—and you'll never catch him encouraging anyone not to learn something.
(Besides, he did the very same thing she's doing now.) (Sans outbursts.)]
Or to any division, for that matter.