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Professor Chaucer's Office Hours, Monday

Chaucer is holding office hours, and this time he actually seems to be enjoying it. He's reading, but looks perfectly happy to be interrupted. And his door is open.

[Chaucer will be in his office all day, except for 5th and 6th period when he's in class. Mun is slowplaying until evening.]

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Chuckling, Geoff replies, "I know that, Ten. But I've had some students express concern over the idea of reading against the author, without understanding their intent. I want them to realize that both are viable readings -- that they can hear and appreciate the author's words and meaning, and that they can produce their own interpretations, and that both are equally valid. This is just...to hear work in the author's own voice is such a unique opportunity."

Pausing, he adds, "But I suppose if it's such a modern innovation, that lets out most of the author's I'm covering. I'd suspected Shakespeare was out of the question, although I'd hoped for Shelley or Dickinson. But I suppose I could hold off and use Woolfe or Belloc."

It's obvious Geoff doesn't have a very good grasp on his modern timeline.

"And why do you keep smirking at my couch?"

"You can get the books on tape--the classics are usually recorded first, actually. But you can't get the authors reading them. Unless we're dealing with a recent translation...I know Seamus Heaney did an abridged reading of his translation of Beowulf. I think Toni Morrison has some books she's read of her own work...I'll make you a list. And you might want to move forward from Dickinson...she died long before modern audio recording."

Ten blinks and tries to look innocent. "Couch? What couch?"

"That's what I was afraid of," Geoff sighs. "But I'll keep Toni Morrison in mind, and I would appreciate that list. It might be something I can play for them at the end of term, or something."

He cocks his head at Ten, and narrows his eyes. "Ten...what did you do to my couch?"

"Nothing," Ten says, and it's completely and utterly unconvincing. Especially since he's grinning AND blushing.

He looks at the couch, then rolls his eyes. "Honestly, don't you two have couches in your own offices?"

Running a hand through his hair, he points at Ten with his coffee cup. "Just keep in mind that I reserve the right to payback."

"We needed more than one. And CJ would argue that this was payback." He grins at Geoff. "A particularly delicious one for the both of us, I assure you."

"Maybe payback on CJ's part, but that doesn't negate the fact that I still owe you one, now," Geoff points out. He shakes his head. "Are you sure you two aren't still teenagers?"

"Oh, definitely, or we never would have been able to do...well..."

"Oh, no. Because teenagers never have sex in places they're not supposed to have sex in. Especially not involving other people's furniture. That would be unheard of."

"Better than Scrabble, love. Or are you just wishing it was you?" Slurp.

"Actually," Geoff answers, grinning. "It was a really good Scrabble game. And I won. Which only makes it better."

"I'm good at Scrabble."

"Oh, I'm sure!" Geoff laughs. "And you cheat by making up words, too. Probably some scientific-sounding nonsense that you try and pass off because most people don't know what you're talking about half the time anyway," he teases. "You and House should get together and play sometime. That would be an interesting game."

If he catches the innuendo, he's ignoring it. But it's possible he really is that interested in Scrabble.

"I do not cheat--my words are always in the OED. Besides, I think you don't want to play because you know I'll win, that's why you're passing me off on House ~~though it would be an interesting game, pity he's leaving~~."

There's got to be double-talk in there somewhere. He is Ten, after all.

"I'll take you in a game of Scrabble any day, Ten," Geoff replies.

"And what the hell is an OED?"

"I'd win," Ten repeats, smiling. "How can you win if you don't know of the OED?"

A bit more serious, he explains. "The Oxford English Dictionary. Considered to be the best and most accurate dictionary out there, for centuries."

"Oh, right." Geoff waves his cup dismissively. "See, that's why I'd win. You're hamstrung by this 'only one way to spell the word' rule. I'm not."

He grins, and takes a sip of his coffee.

Ten slurps faux-disgustedly. "I'll have you know I'm a very creative thinker, poet."

"Never said you weren't," Geoff replies, grinning. "But if you're bound by this OED book of yours -- which I should mention was not around in my time, and therefore I know words that aren't in it -- then you can't use you're creative thinking, can you?"

"Geoff, that's in the bloody rules of the game. You have to use words that are in the dictionary. Didn't House tell you that?!" A slow smirk. "Or was this freeform Scrabble?"

"I have no idea what the actual rules are. We decided to allow foreign words, medical terminology, and whatever spelling I saw fit to use. More fun that way, I would think. It was certainly an entertaining game. I only won by seven points."

A headdesk is threatening. "What can I say to that? If I make you play by the rules."

"There's not a thing you can say to that, Ten," Geoff answers, chuckling. "You know I'll always win a battle of words. Even against you."

"So my only recourse is to shut you up. I see how it goes."

Geoff laughs. "You're most welcome to try, my friend. But I'll warn you that it's a difficult thing to do. I don't shut up at all easily."

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