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Library [03/12]

Having missed his usual shift last Thursday due to a sudden case of girl, Bridge arrives at the library right after DAMM class.

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Luke nodded. "I just normally did more in-the-field work. Not so big on reading."

"So this newfound respect for research is probably Rory's influence then?" Bridge guesses.

Luke smiled. "A bit," he admitted. "Plus I promised to stop giving her gray hairs for a while, and those tend to happen when I go out and do more hands-on research."

Bridge laughs at that. "It's good to know I'm not the only one people are accusing of giving them grey hairs."

"Get a little electrocuted and all of the sudden your judgment's called into question," Luke agreed.

"Or take a trip to a cannibal-infested planet," Bridge supplies.

"Or overlook a tiny trapdoor in a gangster's palace and almost get eaten! Almost!" Luke added.

"These things just *happen!*" Bridge says. "It's not like we purposefully set out and are all like 'oh, today seems like a good day to get eaten alive!', you know."

"Well, Lando said that, but I think we was kidding," Luke said. "And the Sarlaac didn't get him so it was funny and not, you know, tragic."

"I approve of people not being eaten," Bridge nods. "What's a Sarlaac?" he asks curiously.

"It's a creature that lives in the sand in Tatooine. It's a couple meters across--basically all mouth and tentacles. One of the gangsters used to like feeding people to it if they displeased him."

He laughed. "I wonder if my father would punch it, too. It's a bit like a sand-bound giant squid."

"...Ew," Bridge says. "He *punched* a squid?" Bridge raises an eyebrow. "Was he piloting anything at the time? Or are we talking actual punching with his fist here?"

"Actual punching," Luke said, still looking a little weirded out by the idea. "...I don't really get him."

"I don't either," Bridge admits. "I mean, punching a giant squid if you happen to be piloting a giant robot is one thing, but just... punching it? That's kind of weird."

Luke blinked. "Piloting a giant robot?" he repeated.

"Um," Bridge says. "Okay, granted, most people from other realities seem to find *that* sort of weird, but. Yes. Giant robot. Getting stepped on was a very real threat where I grew up."