[Edward sighs prettily, flopping back down on his bed. He looks like an angel there, glittering faintly in the evening light, his soulful eyes cast out to sea he can see through his balcony window.]
[It's fiddly, precise and is therefore perfect for a perfectionist like him. Hell, he didn't even masturbate for over a hundred years. He needed to have filled his evenings with something.]
It's artistic, and it lets me keep all my memories in order.
[He has a lot of memories and he remembers them all very clearly--which can be a problem because if all memories are just as fresh, it's hard to distinguish which ones happened a long time ago versus which ones are new.
Did you know that humans who have perfect recall often have a lot of problems doing simple tasks because of it? Bet you didn't!]
The--the Bazaar on deck eight might...ha-ave them.
Or try deck twelve...?
[And...he's the one who didn't know what gay is. Riiiiiiight.]
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Alright. Thank you, Herz!
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c-can--can I ask why...it's so important you have them?
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... I need to document the boat.
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Through scrapbooking?
[Excuse him, the only person he knows who did any was his grandmother--he doesn't realize how awesome it can be.]
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Scrapbooking.
[It's fiddly, precise and is therefore perfect for a perfectionist like him. Hell, he didn't even masturbate for over a hundred years. He needed to have filled his evenings with something.]
It's great.
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Why--why do--d-do--do you like it so much?
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[He has a lot of memories and he remembers them all very clearly--which can be a problem because if all memories are just as fresh, it's hard to distinguish which ones happened a long time ago versus which ones are new.
Did you know that humans who have perfect recall often have a lot of problems doing simple tasks because of it? Bet you didn't!]
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[Again.]
I-I never--I--I--I never thought of it like that.
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And, uh, well--
Well, I-I have, uhm, tried.
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Oh. Uh. Did--did you read that, uhm, book?
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[He's thrilled by this news.]
That--that's cool. Do you, uh--do--do you think you get it a little--a-a-a little better?
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