Dictated, as everything Fran does is

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

Were it not for information, I would not even try to read this book. It is too fast.

[fiddling in the background; she's restringing her bow.]

I believe there is a great deal to be explored, here, but I fear there will be little reward for my troubles. It isn't prudent to feel sorrow, yet I feel it regardless.

Comments

[lovespineapple.livejournal.com]

Think of it this way, you can teach yourself to speed-read.

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

Over time, perhaps.

You are?

[lovespineapple.livejournal.com]

Shawn Spencer, psychic. You?

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

Fran, sky pirate. Pleased to meet you, Shawn.

[lovespineapple.livejournal.com]

Neat. I don't think I've ever met a sky pirate before.

Do you have an eyepatch?

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

Nay, I do not, though I know some who do.

It is common, in your country?

[lovespineapple.livejournal.com]

Only in movies. ... And people with one eye.

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

Movies?

Would they not get a glass eye?

[lovespineapple.livejournal.com]

[muttered 'here we go again'] It's like... a play. Only recorded so you can watch it any time. And usually better.

They could. Eyepatches are way cooler. If I only had one eye, I'd get an eyepatch.

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

[very fine ears; picks this up] My apologies, I did not know.

[lovespineapple.livejournal.com]

Huh?

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

You answer questions like these often.

[lovespineapple.livejournal.com]

Ques-- What, like the movies? It's no big deal.

[eternalritual.livejournal.com]

It does fill up very fast. There's so much new writing every time I open it.

If the sorrow is for people or places you miss, then it's okay.

[a pause as she listens] What's that sound coming from?

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

I am not accustomed to doing so much reading. Balthier taught me, four years ago, but I seldom need to.

The string on my bow needs replacing.

[eternalritual.livejournal.com]

I did a lot of reading at home since I didn't go outside much. Have you known Balthier for a very long time?

Oh, I see. You like archery?

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

Four years.

I do. It is my preference, although I've mastered many other weapons.

[eternalritual.livejournal.com]

[Ah. Silly Mayu. @.@]

What other kinds have you mastered?

[notcaged.livejournal.com]

[Fran is amused, though it barely shows. Typical viera frigidness!]

Fencing, spearmanship, gunmanship, grappling.

[eternalritual.livejournal.com]

Wow... that's so many different fighting styles. [very impressed 8D]