[Viktor says, barely raising an indicative gesture with his book. The faded grey cover, with its shabby corners, does give an impression of quiet persistence.]
The minds they nourish, less so.
[His dry tone suggests with, not at; she's invited to the joke, should she care to attend. He's there, too, in hospitable humour. Though he is tired—and it's clear that he is, deeper than in the body—he's making what seems to him a worthwhile effort. That's the crux of it. You wake up in pain, you rise anyway. You wake up in a new world, you try to make sense of it. You wake up in a war that isn't yours, a war that looks hopeless, and you feel obligated, at the very least, to try.
As he reseats it under his arm, the ferrule of his crutch gives a soft metallic tap on the stone floor. The sloping angle of his shoulders has opened toward her a little.]
You would of course be welcome in Research, but if you're naturally drawn to politics, you might consider a diplomatic role... division lines are semi-permeable, anyway, as needs must.
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[Viktor says, barely raising an indicative gesture with his book. The faded grey cover, with its shabby corners, does give an impression of quiet persistence.]
The minds they nourish, less so.
[His dry tone suggests with, not at; she's invited to the joke, should she care to attend. He's there, too, in hospitable humour. Though he is tired—and it's clear that he is, deeper than in the body—he's making what seems to him a worthwhile effort. That's the crux of it. You wake up in pain, you rise anyway. You wake up in a new world, you try to make sense of it. You wake up in a war that isn't yours, a war that looks hopeless, and you feel obligated, at the very least, to try.
As he reseats it under his arm, the ferrule of his crutch gives a soft metallic tap on the stone floor. The sloping angle of his shoulders has opened toward her a little.]
You would of course be welcome in Research, but if you're naturally drawn to politics, you might consider a diplomatic role... division lines are semi-permeable, anyway, as needs must.