Library [08/01]

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Rory hurried into the library and turned on the fan immediately before outfitting the desk with both a bottle of water and an iced latte.

With these fortifications, she was ready to spend the day there.

[SP from me for a little while - I have to run into work for a couple hours, and I'll answer all tags when I'm back omg.]

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Aeryn smiles. "I appreciate it. I have time to think about it, too. I just." She takes a deep breath. "Really need to start."

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"Oh! Also? They have people who take helicopters for scenic tours. You could fly those!" Rory said. "Anakin should have had us fly helicopters in class."

She tilted her head. "Do you really have to start now, though? You've got a year, at least."

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"It will take me that long before I realize what exactly it is I'm doing," she explains.

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"You could take time off. Not really do anything." Rory kind of knew that was a very silly suggestion.

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"Somehow I don't see that happening," Aeryn says, because it is a very silly suggestion.

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"You could just spend time with the doggies!" Rory said. "It's just cohabitation, right? Not...anything else, yet?" Her eyes drifted to Aeryn's left hand.

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Aeryn reflexively clenches her hand a little. "No," she says. And after a long pause, "But that would probably be next."

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Rory nodded. "Good to know," she said casually. "But you don't want to spend the time John's in school doing something that'll bore you, do you?"

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"Taking time off would bore me," she answers.

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"But working retail or something wouldn't?" she asked.

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Aeryn makes a face at that. "Sometimes you have to make some compromises. That will have to be one of them, I think. At least at the start."

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"You could audit his classes," Rory said. "Because really I can't see you with a, 'Hello, my name is Aeryn, as me about our new polyblends!' tag or something."

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She looks startled. "Do I have to know what that means?"

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"It was just an example," she assured her. "It really depends on where you work.

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"I am going to be very bad at this," says Aeryn.

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"Nah. And if worst comes to worst, you could beat up rude customers."

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"That is a plus, actually," she says. "I wish I could do that to people now without getting punished."

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"You could trick them into sparring with you," Rory suggested.

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"I don't think any of them would fall for it anymore," Aeryn answers, sounding a little disappointed. "Maybe with the next batch of new people."

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"Some of them are stupid," she reminded her. She didn't think she needed to name names. "But yeah, maybe some new people will be better."

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"I'm hoping," she says, shaking her head. "Um. Anyway, so, books?"

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"Books!" Rory said, holding up the paper. "Maps are over there, and reference books are that way," she said, pointing. "Need help finding stuff, or want to venture into the stacks alone?"

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Aeryn thinks about this, and decides, "You can start me off, how about that?"

Because the stacks are confusing and kind of scary.

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Rory nodded, and led the way over to where she'd pointed for the maps. "Okay, Massachusetts is here," she said, pulling down a small atlas.

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"Okay," she says, taking it to look through it. "It's very small."