fandomhigh | Library [02/21]

"Yes, I read the entire book. It was quite interesting. I suspect I'll be checking out another today as well." G'Kar listened intently to the rapid-fire speech, nodding occasionaly.

"Tell me, if you have a Special Collections section but it is against the rules to access such, why is it there? Would that not defeat the very nature of a library? How would one gain knowledge if they are forbidden from it?"

He smiled. "And you seem like a very nice ~~if overly enthuastic~~ young man. I am G'Kar." He shook the hand that was offered him, glancing briefly at the gloved hand. Before he realized it, he said, "You are a telepath." It was less of a question, more of a statement.

"Bridge Carson," he replies. "Cadet," he adds after a moment. "And... yeah? How'd you know?" he frowns in slight puzzlement before moving on to address the question of SC.

"Oh, it's not forbidden to *read* books from Special Collections. It's just that you need permission to go in there, and you can't take books *out*. They're too dangerous."

"I see. That is a whole different situation then. For a moment, I was concerned that a library would have an 'off-limits' section. But there is knowledge that is in fact very dangerous to have, so perhaps it is a good thing."

His face fell slightly as his previous words dawned on him. "Forgive me. I simply made an assumption, without really thinking about it before hand. I was probably still thinking about something from earlier that prompted it." He thought for a moment. How best to answer this question? "Where I am from, with only a few rare exceptions, human telepaths wear gloves." He'd had a number of discussions as to why with Lyta. Thinking about her was probably what caused his slip. Bad diplomatic form. "I apologize for any offense I may have caused."

"Also the biting thing wasn't actually an exaggeration. It's been known to happen," Bridge informs him. "And no offense taken, really," he says with a shrug, though he can't help but be reminded of his conversation with Kerrigan earlier. "I'm the only one- well, only human one, where I'm from, so there's not exactly an established procedure. There's people here with similar abilities who don't wear any, though."

"Books that bite? How...fascinating." Dangerous reading just took on a whole new meaning for G'Kar.

"Ah yes, the whole different worlds aspect. That is why I should not have made any initial assumptions." He wasn't completely sure if Bridge was entirely unoffended, but G'Kar let it go for now. "Telepaths are actually quite common. All races have them - Human, Minbari, Centauri. Narn, my species, also used to have telepaths." He sighed a little. "But that was a very long time ago. We are now the only race that does not have them."

"I'm sorry," Bridge says, since G'Kar seems to find this fact about his people disappointing. "Your world- or, reality, I should say is more accurate, because that sounds like a great many species of people, which means they're probably all from different planets- sounds kinda different from mine."

It was so much disappointing as it was sad fact. The revelation of what really happened to the Narn telepaths... Well, it was old history now.

"Different yes, telepaths were..." he paused briefly. Necessary to win a horrible war was *definitely* not the diplomatic thing to say. "Fairly common to all races. I find it interesting at the wide array of people here at Fandom. Earth has many different representations."

"You're telling me," Bridge snorts. "It wasn't till I came here that I learned that in most realities, the moon doesn't have an atmosphere."

G'Kar arched an eyeridge. He was fairly certain that the Earth he was familiar with had no atmosphere to speak of, not even an artifical domed one like at the Mars colony.

"Some things I find less unusual than others. Alien species, telepaths - they are common to me. Things like magic?" He lightly tapped the book on the counter. "Very odd."

"Magic's... not exactly common where I'm from, but not unheard of either." Bridge admits.

"Magic really only exists in fairy tales on my world. I am not certain about other worlds." Though there was that time on the station... "Are you familiar with a tale about a king and a group of knights that he created?"

"King Arthur?" Bridge ventures a guess.

"Yes. I once met a man claiming to be him."

"Isn't he kind of dead?" Bridge blinks. "...He wasn't a vampire, was he?"

"This man was very much alive. And no, he was not a vampire." The station command staff eventually discovered who he really was. And that was a near shame. "But I did provide him with some assistance. We talked late into the evening and he told me I was worthy to be one of his knights." G'Kar purposefully did not mention the amount of alcohol he'd consumed that night. And the subsequent passing out.

"Cool," Bridge says enthusiastically. "Um, about the knight thing. Also about how he wasn't a vampire, because vampires are very rarely good people. I only know of two of those, and I've run in to plenty more of the not-good kind," he wrinkles his nose.

"I don't believe I've encountered a vampire before. They steal a person's life force, do they not? The closest I've come to that is a SoulHunter."

"If by steal you mean drink their blood, yeah," Bridge makes a face. "With a name like SoulHunters... they don't sound like very pleasant people."

"Sounds like the definition of vampire to me." G'Kar grimaced. "SoulHunters are not pleasant. They do not merely steal one's life, they take the soul. They claim they are 'saving it for prosperity' when they are really depriving the soul of it's natural order."

He frowned even further. "They also only take particular souls. Those they consider 'important'. As if one being is of greater value than another. All life is precious. So the Minbari say. I happen to agree."

Bridge frowns as well. "Me too," he says firmly. "I am a fan of life. And of souls being where they belong."

G'Kar simply nodded. "They are shunned by all worlds. Yet still they persist. One of them tried to take a friend of mine. Fortunately, he did not suceed."

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