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"I am not interested in speaking with you. Stop pestering me."

[ Wow, what a friendly person you're trying to contact on this fine day!! ]

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Mm! I went to a store with a person working there. He was nice and he helped me find some good stuff!

[well, more like... he stared at Books For Smart People like leon until he was given assistance, but. eh. minor details. either way? stahn will lean forward and pull a book from the stack and just... hand to to leon.

it's nothing too special, but it's about some technological advancements that a well beyond what their world has.]

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[... Oh.

Stahn...got him a book? Leon hesitates for a moment before he accepts it tentatively, blinking down at it. It does look like the sort of thing he'd read--that he'd enjoy, and he really does want to open it and see what it's about--

But there's still the matter of Stahn.

....]

This wasn't necessary. I am more than capable of finding books on my own.

[There's no bite to it, though; he's just overwhelmed that Stahn went out and got him a book.]

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I know, but I was at the store anyway. It didn't seem right to only get things for myself... you like to read, don't you? So... I thought it would be nice!

[it really is just a sincere gesture. he wasn't going to buy books for himself when leon's much more prone to reading anyway. that just seems inconsiderate and not really at all what stahn would want to do. he knows leon wouldn't hold it against him...

but after everything, stahn wants to try even harder to improve things.]

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[Of course.

That's very...Stahn. Very thoughtful, and not necessarily something Leon would have done, but very Stahn. So Leon... just looks at the book, clears his throat and moves to sit on the couch next to Stahn.]

...Very well then. I suppose I may as well accept this.

[He's grateful.]

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[oh, good. stahn can flash him a pretty bright grin for that, because he's happy leon is accepting it.]

It looked like something you'd like, but I wasn't too sure!

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... It's acceptable. Of course, I will not be able to be certain until I read it, but... it looks like something I would potentially pick out for myself.

[So... you did good, Stahn.]

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[can he smile even wider? he sure is trying, honestly.]

Mm! I hope it ends up being something you like. It's kind of hard to tell with how different things are here. Books I like are pretty easy, but... [all that technical nonfiction stuff is hard for him to understand.]

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... Then how did you decide upon this one?

[Was it just random selection... he wouldn't even be surprised.]

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I looked for a while but I couldn't decide... the person who works at the store is really nice though! [and cool, he knows cool floaty magic tricks.] He gave me some help, he knows a lot about the books they sell.

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Ah, I see.

[Getting help from the clerk was definitely the logical thing to do about it.]

Well, he seemed to have some sense of his work, then. This book seems like it will suit just fine.

[Now that he's flipped it open and looking it over, it honestly looks good.]

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Mm! He was really good at his job, and nice too. He was a lot of help... it probably would have taken me a lot longer to find it without his help.

[which is probably telling of just how hard stahn was trying to do something nice for leon.]

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[Hm... it's just like Stahn to lavish praise on someone.]

How long were you already in there? [DID YOU WASTE THAT MUCH TIME ON THIS...]

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Um...

[he pauses to think about it.]

I found what I wanted for myself, but... I think it was about 45 minutes before I paid for everything.

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[... He quirks a brow at that.]

Why did you waste so much time looking for a book for me? I assume that was what delayed you so much.

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I thought you'd like to have something to read, that's all. I was already there for myself, but... I'm not really too good at picking out those kinds of books.

[he just wanted to do a nice thing.]

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... You are still far too sentimental.

[But... he appreciates it even so.]

Whatever. I will read it.

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Is it really that sentimental? I just didn't want to mess it up...

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You spent a sizable portion of your time searching for a book that I would enjoy.

Of course that is sentimental.

[But he's still holding that book closely, you can pry it from his COLD DEAD HANDS.]

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If you say so... I just didn't think you'd like the books I got for myself.

[he won't try to take anything away from leon, it's fine.]

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Probably not, no. The books you read are somewhat too juvenile for my tastes.

[Leon don't be rude.

Except, well... he can't help it, he doesn't even mean it in an insulting way this time.]

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...They're not kid's books, you know.

[it's still kind of insulting, even if that's not how he means it.]

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I did not say they were.

[He said they were juvenile. There's a difference!]

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...Then why are you calling them juvenile?

[he doesn't know the difference, okay...]

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They can be juvenile without being meant solely for children.

[A beat.]

They can be meant for childish adults, too.

[Thanks, Leon.]

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...Have you even read anything like that to decide it's "juvenile?"

[because to stahn, it makes literally no sense to say that at all. he doesn't get it.]