Literally, in fact. Ha ha. He forces a smile. Cheerful, Gale Dekarios! Friendly! You're alive, somehow, and yes -- the weave may no longer answer you but you've been hampered before and worked through it. Assuming that --
He cuts off the thought before it takes itself any further, spins to the newcomer properly -- book tilted a little in his hand.
"Say, do you know who designed the enchantment on this library? Quite an ingenious system, I must admit, but I'm finding it a little on the aggressive side. While I do appreciate the healthy gusto with which it rejects my misfiling of a tome I would prefer something less at risk of doing damage to their spines. Or my chest, for that matter!"
Not that it really hurt much, but he's going for comedy at his own expense. A little misdirection, perhaps, but it's worked wonders for him before.
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Literally, in fact. Ha ha. He forces a smile. Cheerful, Gale Dekarios! Friendly! You're alive, somehow, and yes -- the weave may no longer answer you but you've been hampered before and worked through it. Assuming that --
He cuts off the thought before it takes itself any further, spins to the newcomer properly -- book tilted a little in his hand.
"Say, do you know who designed the enchantment on this library? Quite an ingenious system, I must admit, but I'm finding it a little on the aggressive side. While I do appreciate the healthy gusto with which it rejects my misfiling of a tome I would prefer something less at risk of doing damage to their spines. Or my chest, for that matter!"
Not that it really hurt much, but he's going for comedy at his own expense. A little misdirection, perhaps, but it's worked wonders for him before.