Ooooh, right.

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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:51 pm

"Well, you know how books are. Most of them are designed to be interesting more than helpful."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:59 pm

"Especially when it faded to fairy-tales and myths."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:20 pm

"The line between myth and history. You're looking at the harder side, I'm afraid."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:39 pm

"It helps to be aware of the... inconsistencies and the scope of what most people seem to have forgotten."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:41 pm

"So much misinformation. Fact-checking is a wonderful invention."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:46 pm

"Rather difficult when what you'd need to confirm is one of the few sources available to begin with."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:12 pm

"Aye. Things get lost."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:15 pm

"I suppose sometimes that might be for the better..."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:27 pm

"What do you mean?"
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:31 pm

"Do you want to imagine how the 20th century would have played out if the general public had been aware of gods and arcane myths? The emergence of mutants was bad enough."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:06 pm

"You underestimate people. At the right time, it would have worked fine."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:13 pm

"I am not particularly optimistic about that would have gone down, no. I've seen enough of what can happen when things escalate to all out war. Twice."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:36 am

"War is a constant, I've found."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:04 am

"Though the scale changes."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:14 am

"The wonders of modern technology, for you.

It was better when you had to look a man in the eye."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:20 am

"I'm sure it was." she says, sounding surprisingly un-facetious.
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:44 pm

"Makes it harder to make those decisions, aye."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:54 pm

"It's more... honest. In a way."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:58 pm

"Much more. Killing used to be civilized."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:02 pm

"Not the word I would use but to each their own..."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:00 pm

"Well, which word WOULD you use?"
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:01 pm

"Visceral?"
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:04 pm

"Eh, I don't find THAT much of a plus."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:06 pm

"I figured."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:08 pm

"To each their own, I suppose. It's been a while since I've seen that particular viewpoint, though."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:11 pm

"I assumed you might be one of the few people to understand it without requiring a lengthy explanation."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Roland Sackville » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:43 pm

"I've grown weary of lengthy explanations."
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Re: Ooooh, right.

Postby Nailah Weaver » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:34 am

"I'll drink to that." she says, taking a sip from the wine that she totally ordered at some point. I mean they are in a restaurant and everything.
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