0082. Then I've belief.

[a_bit_put_upon]

Small traditions are traditions to someone, regardless of how useless they might seem to others. We may be forced to something or other here, but stop to think for a moment that to someone, it's important, or it was at home. In this case, it's a harmless endeavour for the most part, and really, nothing prevents you from observing any tradition of

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[ichoosefight]

I'd love to be involved in a hot chocolate station! Assuming, of course, that I can have some too.

[a_bit_put_upon]

Of course! There's no sense in setting out hot chocolate only to look at it longingly.

[ichoosefight]

Consider me there! The library is like a home away from home for me.

[a_bit_put_upon]

Indeed; I see you quite often, though you often enough seem occupied that I don't really want to bother you.

[ichoosefight]

Trust me, I want to be bothered. Usually when I'm there it's because I'm hiding from someone.

[a_bit_put_upon]

You want to be bothered while in hiding? How strange. To each their own, though. What's your favourite section here?

[ichoosefight]

It distracts me from whatever I'm hiding from.

I like the fiction section, you know, adventure stories. I read a lot of the King Arthur stories when I first got here.

[a_bit_put_upon]

Arthurian legend is certainly captivating. I was delighted when I first arrived and found such books here that even I hadn't owned. D'you fancy Verne or Wells, perhaps, or Doyle?

[ichoosefight]

Tennyson is one of my favorites, actually. I have a soft spot for poetry.

[a_bit_put_upon]

Tennyson was brilliant, yes. oh, it's difficult for me to pick favourites amongst poets; I admire most of them. Have you ever read the works of Sidney Keyes?

[ichoosefight]

I can't say I am. I'm sort of a fan of the "close your eyes and grab something" selection method where poetry is concerned. High School ruined me for the big names.

[a_bit_put_upon]

That's generally the method I started out with. Keyes was never well known, sadly... he was one of a small handful of poets swept up in wars of one sort or another. I hadn't known he wrote when I met him; bit of a shock seeing his name on a shelf. Mind you, it was a back shelf, in a less travelled library full of things nobody'd really heard of at the time.

Err... pardon that. Perhaps the next time I see you round, I'll find one of his for you, see how you like it or if you recognise it.

[ichoosefight]

Sure, I'd love that. You've actually met the guy? I always thought that would make reading the poetry kind of awkward.

[a_bit_put_upon]

Were that a problem, a great deal of this library wouldn't be acceptable for me. [Laughs!] My companions have felt that way on occasion, but to me, the insight to the road travelled in the creation of art is a treasure.

[ichoosefight]

Well then, I guess that's lucky. You talk to a lot of authors?

[a_bit_put_upon]

My fair share, I suppose, and probably more further down the line.