Library, Tuesday

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was still working on Roaring Hills. She was normally a much faster reader than this, but with all the excitement lately -- break week! Squall's birthday! new students! heading home, then back again in as many days! -- she hadn't had time to herself. Not great big pockets of time, where you could pull out a book and fall into it. More stolen moments here and there, which were fine for frivolous books or short stories, but Gothic epics, you'd just settle into them once you were pulled out again.

Today, Rinoa was going to curl up at the aide's desk and read. Unless anyone needed her, naturally. Other book-lovers were free to interrupt her at will.

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Re: Talk to Rinoa!

[angelo_wings]

"Did you like them?" she asked. Sadly, Rinoa's enthusiasm switch was always set to full-blast. "Do you want recommendations for more? This one's good but it might not be your style. What kind of books are you seeking?"

Re: Talk to Rinoa!

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

To be fair, asking Will to discuss something like photoluminescence or ballistics or code-breaking was likely to get his enthusiasm levels approaching critical velocity. "Technical manuals," he informed Rinoa. "I've a century and a quarter's worth of innovation to get up to speed with."

Re: Talk to Rinoa!

[angelo_wings]

"How are you faring?" Rinoa asked. Technical manuals weren't her cup of tea, but anyone patronizing the library had to be a good sort, anyway. "Are you an inventor, then? Someone that deals with innovation and technical wonders?"

Re: Talk to Rinoa!

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"It's a little overwhelming, but thankfully people here seem to be quite pleased to answer my questions," William admitted. Ànd an inventor? I don't know if I could call myself that, precisely. I make things, now and then, but mostly I just try to keep abreast of what others far more capable than myself are managing to come up with."

Re: Talk to Rinoa!

[angelo_wings]

"If you enjoy doing it, that's good enough," she said. "Who knows, maybe one day you'll stumble onto something life-changing and make piles of money!"

Re: Talk to Rinoa!

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

"That's rather a nice thought," William had to admit, "but probably more likely to happen to those with the means to do more than just dabble."

Re: Talk to Rinoa!

[angelo_wings]

"You never know," Rinoa said. "Dabbling might lead to you stumbling onto something huge."