Strange, [ is his cryptic initial reply, letting the beat dangle just long enough that it seems like it might be a verdict of some sort or a comment on her, before a rueful ghost of humour returns and he settles himself on the chair beside her without asking. ] Doctor Stephen Strange, that is. I’m the Head Healer here.
[ And he can’t help it: he hears library and monks and he accordingly thinks Kamar-Taj, and so there’s an instinctive flicker of recognition, a wistfulness for a place he’s never been. Ness’ description sounds like hyperbole, but if it isn’t an exaggeration… ]
The biggest and most complete collection of the written word in the whole world? What I wouldn’t give to see a place like that. I originally learned magic at a monastery staffed by monks, they had a very impressive arcane library, but the preservation of knowledge wasn’t their main remit. And Riftwatch has assembled an esoteric collection, for the benefit of regular members and rifters and alike, but we’re still not, y’know, a university. There are gaps.
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[ And he can’t help it: he hears library and monks and he accordingly thinks Kamar-Taj, and so there’s an instinctive flicker of recognition, a wistfulness for a place he’s never been. Ness’ description sounds like hyperbole, but if it isn’t an exaggeration… ]
The biggest and most complete collection of the written word in the whole world? What I wouldn’t give to see a place like that. I originally learned magic at a monastery staffed by monks, they had a very impressive arcane library, but the preservation of knowledge wasn’t their main remit. And Riftwatch has assembled an esoteric collection, for the benefit of regular members and rifters and alike, but we’re still not, y’know, a university. There are gaps.