Library - Sunday

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After yesterday's detention, all Lee really wants to do today sit, read and avoid any needles or robot guts or running. So, he's got a stack of books (randomly selected from the shelves), a bottle of water and a banana.

He hasn't started reading anything yet. Instead, he's scribbling some notes about something he had been reading before starting on anything new.

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Afternoon

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

Lee's reading now, half eaten banana in one hand.

Re: Afternoon

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

Ed wandered into the library, his nose half-buried in a book as he made his way over to the library desk.

Re: Afternoon

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"Afternoon," Lee said when he noticed Ed. "Good book?"

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He made a face. "No, it's basically full of crap."

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[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"So, why read it?" Lee asked.

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"Because if I don't then I can't say for sure it's full of crap?" Ed replied.

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"Okay," Lee laughed. "Not something I'd think to do but it makes sense in a...weird sort of way."

Still seemed like a waste of time, though.

Re: Afternoon

[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

It probably was. But it helped smudge the fact he was getting nowhere fast.

He shrugged. "I'm hoping that if I can prove all the alchemy books here are full of crap, we can get new ones that aren't?"

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"Alchemy?" Lee asked, shutting his book. "That a science?"

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Edward grinned. "Yeah. Science of turning one thing into something else. But most people around here seem to think it's either magic or some other sort of hocus pocus."

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"Turning something into something else?" Lee asked. "Like turning a rock into...a shoe or something?"

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[im-fullmetal.livejournal.com]

"Sure, if you had a reason to," Ed said. "You have to understand the substance that you want to change then you can break it down and rebuild it as something else."

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"How do you do that scientifically?" Lee asked, book nearly forgotten now. "Break it down and then use the broken down parts to build something completely new."

Re: Afternoon

[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

Anathema lasted all of half a day before deciding that a library was a much better place to spend her Sunday than her room.

Re: Afternoon

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"Hey," Lee said when he noticed someone walk into the library. "How's it going?"

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[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

Anathema did a detour by the front desk. "Very well. And yourself?"

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[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good," he answered. "I'm Lee. Library aide for Sundays."

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[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

"Anathema Device. Someone you'll be seeing a lot of then." She said with a smile.

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[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Interesting name," he commented. "Can I ask where you're from?"

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[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

"Mom thought it sounded pretty." Anathema explained. "I'm from Liverpool, that's in England, a bit north of London." She expected American's to have no idea where that was.

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"I have no idea where that is," Lee said, fulfilling her expectation but not because he was an American.

Re: Afternoon

[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

Anathema's hope for humanity had dropped a few more points. "It's across the ocean. We're the island country."

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"I'm not from this planet," Lee said and shrugged. "Telling me across the ocean really doesn't help."

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[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

"Oh!" Anathema exclaimed. "I was beginning to worry for the education system. How did you wind up here?"

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[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Transferred," he said. "From Caprica. To expand my skills, I guess."