十 三 ; shí sān

[getsomesleep]

This is unexpected.

Comments

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

That is well-said; if I may be so bold as to ask, have you been here long, gui-Rauxes?

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

Not very long, Mr. Huo, but I've had a few strange things happen to me in my short time here.

I've already learned that 'falling' is not what I'd imagined. Much like if walking was not done with your feet.

[Among other things she's no longer stupid enough to mention on the journals]

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

A quick grasp on an unexpected situation is always to be commended, and doubly so when there is danger of falling.

[He's curious, but understands - and understands the danger of curiosity as well.]

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

And yourself?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I am a dull soul, to whom all things appear equally strange and marvelous.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

I actually meant how long you'd been here, but such a quality hardly makes one dull.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I was born into the Sphere some four months ago; and it's true that in that time, my unfortunate ignorance has made my life all the more interesting.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

What sorts of things have surprised you then?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Marvelous geographies, fantastic machines; mysteries to confound even the greatest sages.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

Something I think many of us grapple with, from the few people I know well here.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Some grapple; others live their lives in peace, and yet others forgo some mysteries the better to study others.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

Study? Like in a college or academy of some kind?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

For myself, I've had the good fortune to gain wise teachers. That is, I believe, how knowledge is mostly exchanged here: from one to another.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

That sounds... pleasantly familiar, in honesty, but I didn't think of that as 'studying.'

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I understand your meaning; yet conditions here aren't well-suited for the formation of a proper institution.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

I think I prefer the one-on-one style to an institution, actually.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

A dish lasts longer when one feasts alone; though it may be a silent and gloomy feast.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

To which option did you mean that to refer?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Please forgive me, my pen sometimes outruns my thoughts: I meant to say that it is good to enjoy a teacher's undivided attentions, yet the absence of fellow students is to be regretted.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

I can't be sure if it's due to this geas or my personal preferences, but fellow students... I can't quite fathom what that would be like.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I can call up no memories one way or another; yet it feels, at least, as though that would be an experience I heartily recommend.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

I'll be sure to ask Gai about that then.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Has he been teaching you? I seem to recall that Gai-jūn has a number of pupils.

[white-disciple.livejournal.com]

I've not started training with him formally just yet. We agreed to do so when we were both feeling better. Undead and all that.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I wish you good fortune and success, then; he is a most enthusiastic teacher.