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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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... 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.]

[majinken]

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.

[majinken]

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.]

[majinken]

...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.]

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I do not have to read anything like it.

[Hmph!!]

I can tell by the cover and the back.

[majinken]

Leon...

[stahn's making a face, because that sounds dumb as hell.]

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[...A-ahem.]

Regardless. I have reading material now, so this is fine.

[majinken]

Ah... right. Well, if you like it, I can try to find other stuff next time I'm at the bookstore...

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... Do not go out of your way.

[But.

Yes.

Yes he'd like that.]

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I won't. I go there sometimes anyway to see what they have, so it's really not a big deal!

[he'd go out of his way though anyway, even though he says he won't.]

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Honestly. Do you ever have a single concern in your head?

[But...it's said more fondly than anything at this point--wry, fond exasperation.

Stahn seems so carefree like this, and...honestly, it's a good thing.]