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As the students took their seats, they would each find a book being rather firmly placed on their desks by a teacher who had switched to modern dress for the week, though he wasn't quite sure he understood the point of his tie.

"Books," Tyrion informed them, once he'd finished the process of handing them out, "are the greatest tool there is in sharpening a mind. You may not think you need a sharp mind; perhaps you can get by on charging at things with a sword. And certainly that will work for some of you some of the time. For the rest of the time -- and especially for ensuring you have a properly full mind in a time of crisis -- there's nothing like reading."

"I am aware that there are other ways to obtain and store information on the island, but from what I can tell plain words on paper retain some popularity. Let's stick to those for the day."

"Your assignment is a simple one. Take the book I've handed you at random. Read as much as you can from it in the next half-hour. Then turn to the person next to you and have a discussion about what you read, and how you can see using the information in the future. And, sometime over the next week, pick out a book from the library or bookstore that talks about something you know nothing about, and be prepared to explain it to me when we next meet."

"If you cannot read, please let me know and we'll work out an alternate assignment." Probably it would be learning how to read, but that was a detail.

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Thumb through your books, chat, read, whatever. Tyrion is enjoying himself this week -- Tyrion/books is almost as big an OTP as Tyrion/whores.

Toby could agree with Tyrion's perspective when it came to books. The internet was... interesting enough, but still unfamiliar enough that Toby didn't quite feel comfortable making use of it. Books, on the other hand... they'd been an inexpensive form of entertainment and escape, and even when he'd lived with people unwilling to buy him any, there had always been libraries.

Bruce picked up his book about transmission lines and flipped to the section about quarter-wave impedance transformers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-wave_impedance_transformer). While he was doing that, he may have been keeping an eye out for how comfortable anyone looked if they were wearing modern clothes for the first time.

No, he wasn't thinking of you Tyrion.

Speaking of young ladies wearing modern clothes, one was glancing over to see if she could catch his eyes.

She was mostly impressed with herself for actually managing to wear it. Now that she was wearing it, she found that she liked it.

Possibly not to wear again, but it had its charms nonetheless.

Since he was already watching for her, Bruce spotted Lucrezia and gave a small smile and a nod of approval.

She laughed, giving a somewhat royal gesture of her hand, to indicate her thanks.

"Still feel comfortable with the look?" Bruce asked, staying a little quiet so as not to disrupt anyone checking out their books.

Lucrezia was delighted to see her professor's clothing. She did not know modern styles, but it seemed to resemble the ensemble that Bruce had worn during their ill-fated nuptials.

She imagined that he would notice her dress (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Rellyjean/lucrezia/dress01.png), as it was hard to miss (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Rellyjean/lucrezia/dress02.png). Bruce -- who had been kind enough to assist her with shopping -- had also assured her that, despite the startling amount of skin she was showing, she would not be mistaken for a particularly low-class of courtesan.

It did feel somewhat naked, sitting here in class and knowing that everyone could see her arms and legs. There was something quite daring in it. Provocative, perhaps?

Reading was simple, and very much something Dolf could do. He sat back and relaxed a little, glancing at the class and being grateful that everyone was back to normal.

Simon leafed through his book while he listened to Tyrion. Clothing in ancient Greece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing_in_ancient_Greece) wasn't really one of his interests, but he thought he could've been stuck with worse things.

Susan quite liked books, as long as they weren't stupid or insult her intelligence. She didn't much see the point in talking about them, though, so she was only about halfway okay with today's class.

Also after extending a certain Parents Weekend invitation, she found herself constantly checking for skeletal rats.

For some strange reason.

Bart was always hearing from Max how books were the most important thing. This was hard for the boy who grew up with virtual reality to really grasp, but he gave it a chance. He picked up his book, Multi-particle Collision Dynamics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-particle_collision_dynamics) and blinked. He thumbed through it, seeing all the equations and greek letters and symbols and his eyes started to glaze over.

Claudia had . . . a book about a British book company. She was paging through it, marveling that someone had decided to write the thing.

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Jason had expected his book to be boring, until he'd opened it and discovered it was about poison dart frogs. That was actually something worth reading, he thought.

Hrm. James noticed the instructor's change in attire. Well suited. He thumbed through his book (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weinstein_%28economist%29), taking a few notes about the subject and how he could apply that to the Kingdom back home. Offering incentives for schooling, now there's an idea that would bring in a score of tutors...

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