Library [25/01]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal was late, and he bolted into the library from the stable, robes flying and dusty. He skittered to a stop behind the counter, got everything ready, then opened the library.

That done, he settled behind the counter and started checking in books. Why yes, he was trying to pretend he'd been completely on time.

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Re: First Period [23/01]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He couldn't look at Karal.

"If I can. I don't even know if I can. I still can't find anything that remembers right."

Re: First Period [23/01]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"Even if you can't," he said gently. "It's still good to try." Karal moved to rest a hand on Liir's shoulder. "I didn't mean to place expectations on you. It was just a startling idea."

Re: First Period [23/01]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Everything I seem to think about the subject seems to startle people," he admitted. "If Professor Ambrose didn't think I was making sense, I'd be afraid I was just being crazy."

Re: First Period [23/01]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"They have devices here which record pictures, music, moving pictures and sound, devices that can transmit words across the world in a heartbeat," Karal said. "None of which I'd ever heard of and still half think are magic. Glory, just because no one's heard of a, a memory recorder doesn't mean it's not possible."

Re: First Period [23/01]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Most things remember," he said plainly. His hand reached out to touch the counter.

"This wood remembers every touch, every book that's crossed it."

He shrugged.

"It's boring, but if you really want to know, it's there. They're not very clear and mostly in flashes, but it's there."

He pulled his hand away.

"It's finding something that'll remember like a person that's the problem. Because if it's not a memory, it's just information."

Re: First Period [23/01]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"You can...feel the memory in the wood?" he asked slowly, not sure he was understanding correctly.

Re: First Period [23/01]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He shook his head.

"No. Because I'm not listening for it."

He smiled faintly.

"Things talk, but most people have other people to talk to. You only hear things, I guess, when you're lonely enough to listen."

Re: First Period [23/01]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

"I guess that's very true," he said after a moment's thought. "Now that you're here, will you stop listening to other things?"

Re: First Period [23/01]

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I stopped years ago," and he closed his eyes for a moment.

"Most things don't have much of any interest to say. And no one appreciates it. I just sounded silly. And--

"The first time I mentioned it to someone here, they assumed I might have invaded their privacy."

He shook his head.

"I have better things to listen to."