Library, Thursday 3/28

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle was distracted today. Belle had been distracted all week.

The library was not helping. Or maybe it was, in its own way. It had certainly provided her with a vast array of reading material both fiction and non.

There was even one book she was certain she had looked at with Clare that one time they'd been trapped in Dite's. That one she was taking back to her room for later.

Right now she curled up in a chair reading a rather fantastically filthy romance featuring a knight. She kept losing her place while her thoughts wandered.

Somehow, she didn't mind.

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Re: Talk to Belle

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"I'd be thrilled to help with your education in any way I can," Belle said, letting her gaze slowly travel the length of Graham's body.

"Are there any areas you think need particular...attention?"

Re: Talk to Belle

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Ooh, yeah, Belle, take in every inch of those gangly, scrawny arms and matchsticks stems. But, in his defense, he actually had been working out!

Graham did feel the sudden urge to pull up a little straighter, though, squaring his shoulders, oh-so-subtly puffing out his chest as he considered Belle's question.

"Well, I'm not really sure," he admitted. "How would I know what I still need to learn if I don't know I haven't learned it yet?"

He nodded at the book again.

"What's the knight doing in the story now?"

Re: Talk to Belle

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle had a proven affinity for scrawnier guys, Graham! You were in luck!

"He's just returned home," Belle told him, smiling a little wickedly. "To his lady love who has been alone in a tower for ages and only recently freed."

Re: Talk to Belle

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Graham's face lit up, and he leaned forward a little eagerly, as if to peek at the book and see for himself.

"Ooh!" he said. "Is he just returning from a grand quest? Was there fighting? Dragons? Evil wizards? Is he bringing home a bunch of glorious loot?"

And he had to admit, he found the idea of a girl in a tower very compelling for some reason.

Re: Talk to Belle

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"There was fighting," Belle confirmed. "But he's now ready to sheath his sword for a time."

Ahem.

"And he has brought home some glorious things, yes. You're very clever to figure that out so quickly. Would you like to read a bit? I was just...here." She pointed out a particularly lurid passage. "He's just come into the dining room, you see, but the table is bare."