—more than infuriating, confused, grief-stricken, angry, and full of a strange and alien affection that doesn't make sense. The senselessness of war and a senseless and lonely salvation.
And there's a crack and a thud from somewhere nearby, above—though not in this room. Like something hitting the roof.
[It's the only context Alisaie has, and yet it doesn't feel right. The only context she has for him, anyway. The rest of it... well, that's only depressingly familiar. She knows this story in her blood and her bones.
[The thump on the roof registers only as an annoyance. Back to the shelves.
[She hesitates only for a moment before taking the last one down.]
You open the hand-bound sheaf of papers. The writing is in slightly childish-looking script, and decorated with marginalia doodles illustrating parts of it.
Unlike the other books, it doesn't seem to be associated with a particular memory—but it does give you a sense of warmth and excitement.
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Re: PRIMARY SOURCES: MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY
It's—
—more than infuriating, confused, grief-stricken, angry, and full of a strange and alien affection that doesn't make sense. The senselessness of war and a senseless and lonely salvation.
And there's a crack and a thud from somewhere nearby, above—though not in this room. Like something hitting the roof.
Re: PRIMARY SOURCES: MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY
[It's the only context Alisaie has, and yet it doesn't feel right. The only context she has for him, anyway. The rest of it... well, that's only depressingly familiar. She knows this story in her blood and her bones.
[The thump on the roof registers only as an annoyance. Back to the shelves.
[She hesitates only for a moment before taking the last one down.]
Re: PRIMARY SOURCES: MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY
Unlike the other books, it doesn't seem to be associated with a particular memory—but it does give you a sense of warmth and excitement.
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[Alisaie puts the papers down, her hand resting on the cover.
[Suddenly, she feels so homesick it hurts.]
Re: PRIMARY SOURCES: MID-TO-LATE 19TH CENTURY
[Let's try the next room. Late nineteenth century, wasn't it...?]