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[mmquitecontrary]

Mary's studying languages tonight, which means there's a lot of muttered German coming from a table in the corner.

It's an unfortunate fact that no matter how often she repeats a sentence, or how correct her grammer is, her accent stubbornly fails to conform itself to 'native German speaker' and continues to quite clearly convey 'British

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[ginsu_master]

Leo sets a teapot and two cups down on the table.

"I thought you had decided you were going to study medicine," he comments conversationally, sits down, and pours them both a cup of tea.

[mmquitecontrary]

"That does not mean it is any less important to study languages," Mary answers, and carefully inserts a piece of note paper to mark her place in the book before reaching for her tea.

"Besides, this is something I know I can make progress on by myself - whereas I must consider the best way to go about learning medicine that is useful, not only what doctors know in my time."

The way she says 'doctors' does not imply a great respect for the profession.

[ginsu_master]

Leo lifts an eyebrow. "You don't like doctors. Nor seem to think too highly of them. Why would you want to be one, then?"

[mmquitecontrary]

Mary blinks at him, mildly startled - isn't the answer obvious?

"To be better than them."

[ginsu_master]

Leo actually makes a face. Hate to inform you, Mary, but you're never going to have a good bedside manner.

"You simply seemed to like your plants more, that's all. It surprised me that you would want to be something you don't seem to like."

[mmquitecontrary]

"The doctors in my time know nothing. They made my cousin worse for years, instead of better - I would not trust them to save the life of a mouse."

Mary's voice is - well, relatively dispassionate, for Mary, but everything is relative.

"Much less thousands and thousands of people! I love my garden most - of course I do - but with what is coming, I can hardly stay in my garden and pretend all is well."