[ mm, yup. as expected, pretty much. she huffs out a humourless laugh and slumps further back into her chair.
it's tempting, of course, to wallow in the fear and the unfairness of it all—died in faerûn only to arrive here and probably die again—or at least to succumb to the overwhelming muchness of learning an entirely new culture in the middle of wartime. how one is supposed to surmount such obstacles, she has no idea. no book could teach you this, no adventurer's memoir or fairy tale can impart the necessary wisdom to get this right.
but getting it wrong is easy—it's giving up before you've even got started. ]
Well, [ taking stock, eyes on her books, ] I'm good at reading books and taking notes. I like to talk to people and I like to help them learn. I've never held a sword in my life, and I can't tell a dog's track from a wolf's.
[ she sits forward in her chair, smiling thinly. as for divisions, seems she has but two real options. ]
Seems like a good place to start, hm? Books can probably wait.
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[ mm, yup. as expected, pretty much. she huffs out a humourless laugh and slumps further back into her chair.
it's tempting, of course, to wallow in the fear and the unfairness of it all—died in faerûn only to arrive here and probably die again—or at least to succumb to the overwhelming muchness of learning an entirely new culture in the middle of wartime. how one is supposed to surmount such obstacles, she has no idea. no book could teach you this, no adventurer's memoir or fairy tale can impart the necessary wisdom to get this right.
but getting it wrong is easy—it's giving up before you've even got started. ]
Well, [ taking stock, eyes on her books, ] I'm good at reading books and taking notes. I like to talk to people and I like to help them learn. I've never held a sword in my life, and I can't tell a dog's track from a wolf's.
[ she sits forward in her chair, smiling thinly. as for divisions, seems she has but two real options. ]
Seems like a good place to start, hm? Books can probably wait.