Rat (
plaguedrat) wrote2014-09-26 04:25 pm
I Am Noman
He's always preferred to own his books, but his refusal to seek out work and forge any real ties to the city have forced him to budget, to compromise. It's what takes him to the public library today. Signing up for a library card is different, he tries to convince himself. It's not as if it requires money, nor does he have to maintain it. It's different.
It's netted him a thick stack of books that he's negotiating into a bag while he sits on the steps. The acetate-bound copy of The Odyssey rests on his knees, the one he plans to read first.
Perhaps he's like Odysseus, trapped for years on an island and prolonging his foolish journey.
It's netted him a thick stack of books that he's negotiating into a bag while he sits on the steps. The acetate-bound copy of The Odyssey rests on his knees, the one he plans to read first.
Perhaps he's like Odysseus, trapped for years on an island and prolonging his foolish journey.

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...He doesn't like thinking n that topic. "Maybe we should name your cyclops Polyphemus."
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Grey expels a breath that could possibly sound like a laugh.
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It makes Grey's chest feel tight and fizzy watching, watching Rat's face, too.
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The cat doesn't let the string get too far, leaning nearly too far out of the sling, one paw on Rat's knee, the other batting at the string.
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He looks up at Grey, trying to read his face.
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Grey never had the time or resources for reading in on the train. He supposes, though, that he could now. He nods; he'll think about it, for sure.
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"What kind of stories do you like, then?"
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