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[OPEN]
WHO: Gavin, Peter, and OPEN~
WHAT: Peter is trying to teach Gavin to read, and Gavin is getting distracted by literally everything, and everyone.
WHEN: A few times, as the lessons are semi-regular, in the days following the wake.
WHERE: in the weird little library in the basement
NOTES: Ridiculous hijinks
He was doing his best. He really was. But Gavin had the attention span of a goldfish, and trying to sit still for long periods focusing on something he found difficult was worse.
He'd never really figured out how to read. Every time he tried the runes would seem to move around on their own, or flip over, and it was extremely frustrating. Peter, however, was absolutely determined that Gavin should learn to read properly and stop defacing the community bulletin boards with his scribbled drawings.
They'd managed to scramble a few books together for the purpose, and some sheets of parchment, and Gavin was working on drawing a surprisingly well rendered butt as Peter was pulling out the next text to start with.
As soon as Gavin happened to see anyone wandering by, he called out and waved them over.
WHAT: Peter is trying to teach Gavin to read, and Gavin is getting distracted by literally everything, and everyone.
WHEN: A few times, as the lessons are semi-regular, in the days following the wake.
WHERE: in the weird little library in the basement
NOTES: Ridiculous hijinks
He was doing his best. He really was. But Gavin had the attention span of a goldfish, and trying to sit still for long periods focusing on something he found difficult was worse.
He'd never really figured out how to read. Every time he tried the runes would seem to move around on their own, or flip over, and it was extremely frustrating. Peter, however, was absolutely determined that Gavin should learn to read properly and stop defacing the community bulletin boards with his scribbled drawings.
They'd managed to scramble a few books together for the purpose, and some sheets of parchment, and Gavin was working on drawing a surprisingly well rendered butt as Peter was pulling out the next text to start with.
As soon as Gavin happened to see anyone wandering by, he called out and waved them over.
no subject
She leaned over and tapped Gavin's book. "Reading surely gives you a benefit. Think of all the nonsense humans and other elves can get round you if they just show each other little pictures? You don't want that, do you?"
Her grin was a little mischievous but definitely serious. "We need to make sure we can read our past in order to ensure our future."
no subject
Her grin was enough to bring one to his lips as well, deciding (immediately) that he liked her. "I don't know, really," he teased her, "It depends on what the nonsense is. I quite like a bit of nonsense."
"But the past - yes. That I can agree with. That is the point, I think. Even just the present. The oral histories exclude so much context that it's impossible to know how much of them are true."