[ Why are both Gu Yun and Jiang Ziya this way? Eustace is dying inside, he never wants to talk to either of these men again.
But alas he can't do any of this alone, and so he must continue to act (somewhat) polite in their company as he opens up his book to reveal….some very cutely illustrated pictures. Oh, okay. So he's picked up a children's book. That's cool. ]
Speaking from personal experience?
[ Though even if it isn't, Eustace has to agree. There's a lot out there that's better left alone, and time definitely seems like one of them if all those fiction novels out there are to be believed. Idly he flips through his book, eyes scanning the page while his ears listen to Gu Yun talk. Mimsy sounds like such a childlike name, maybe there'll be something about it in his book…
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But alas he can't do any of this alone, and so he must continue to act (somewhat) polite in their company as he opens up his book to reveal….some very cutely illustrated pictures. Oh, okay. So he's picked up a children's book. That's cool. ]
Speaking from personal experience?
[ Though even if it isn't, Eustace has to agree. There's a lot out there that's better left alone, and time definitely seems like one of them if all those fiction novels out there are to be believed. Idly he flips through his book, eyes scanning the page while his ears listen to Gu Yun talk. Mimsy sounds like such a childlike name, maybe there'll be something about it in his book…
The page-turning slows, then stops. ]
Did you speak to the otter before this?
[ Mr. Tibbs, with his dapper little monocle. ]