Re: TALK TO THE PROFESSOR

[personal profile] libraryofbabel 2021-08-27 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she doesn't seem to expect eye contact, at least. the stacks of papers she's working on seem to be essays that she's grading, double-spaced and typed, with a lot of red pen. ]

Re: TALK TO THE PROFESSOR

[personal profile] counterlighting 2021-08-27 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Are they separate from the stacks she gestured at for him to check out, oops. He'll go look at those instead.]

Re: TALK TO THE PROFESSOR

[personal profile] libraryofbabel 2021-08-27 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh whoops. the stacks as in the library stacks, which is to say, the piles upon piles of shelves of books— ]

Re: TALK TO THE PROFESSOR

[personal profile] counterlighting 2021-08-27 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ohh okok.
Well.
Honestly he should probably ask what the paper is even supposed to be about in the first place, but, that would require facing potential Disappointment and Disapproval from an Adult which is way scarier than just running away to get lost in the books. AWAY TO PRIMARY SOURCES, THE NARRATION SUPPOSES]