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[happinessboys]

[Spoken like he's reading a grocery list:]

Your nose and ears never stop growing.

Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.

Hot water is heavier than cold.

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Natural pearls melt in vinegar.

[Back to normal speech. He's calm. Civil. But oh so very patronizing

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[happinessboys]

You're volunteering your warden for her?

[happinessboys]

It's really nothing of importance. But appreciated.

[leadsthestars]

I work in the library. Are you Beatty?

[happinessboys]

Captain Beatty, yes.

How did you know?

[leadsthestars]

I was told about you, Captain Beatty.

[happinessboys]

Nothing good, I'm sure.

Indulge me. What were you told?

OH GOD PREFECT LOVES FACTS!

[buywithme]

If you stand in natural open water for more than 72 minutes, you begin to dissolve. This is why people invented filtration systems.

If you swallow seeds from wild pieces of fruit then they keep growing in your stomach.

People have nerves in their teeth.

GOOD!

[happinessboys]

Now, comrade. Look how knowledgeable you are.

[buywithme]

I already knew those things. I thought we were just fact sharing.

[AKA: HE STOPPED LISTENING TO YOUR POST AFTER THE FACTS.]

How can hot water be warmer than cold water?

[happinessboys]

We can. What a productive way to spend an afternoon.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

And hot water is heavier, not warmer.

[timesbureaucrat]

I'm not a librarian, but I'm involved with [a librarian] the library and have spent a good deal of time there. [Mostly checking up on Ardent before he was banned.]

Furthermore, if there's a request you wish a warden to put before the Admiral on your behalf, I might be willing to oblige.

[Private]

[most_feared]

Narvin, he burns books and he's as bad as O'Brien. Consider very carefully whatever it is that you offer to do for him.

[Private]

[timesbureaucrat]

I've back read his entries. I'm curious about what he might want. I promise I'll refuse him if he asks for a lighter.

[Narvin is too fascinated by the dystopian gentlemen for his own good.]

[Private]

[most_feared]

[He really is. Kay should appreciate it more since his organization is a functional collective, but he walks around with his proverbial porcupine quills up] As long as you're aware of his tendency to take advantage of people and information. Meaning, this time? Don't give him too much.

[most_feared]

I would be one of the librarians.

You won't be destroying the books.

That said, you can discuss whatever you like.

[most_feared]

Making safe assumptions based upon history and specific nature of inquiry. I'm a cautious man, Mr. O'Brien, and I'm not going to dick around about it.