on mun's fruitless efforts;

[afaintcoldfear]

Aren't you a sweetie, mun? Trying to find an English copy of "Romeo and Juliet", just for me. You shouldn't go to such lengths for my sake. You really shouldn't... Wikisource has the entire play available anyway, it's not like you can't read it online without the presence of an actual book.

Though, I know how much you like having your source material in book form.

Comments

[nomorefeathers]

There's always something more... real about physical books though.

[afaintcoldfear]

My mun says the exact same thing.

[nomorefeathers]

Oh? I suppose it's a common thought.

[afaintcoldfear]

I just think it's a silly thing to spend money on when she, strictly speaking, doesn't need it.

[nomorefeathers]

If she's getting it essentially for you, wouldn't it be best to just say thank you?

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[afaintcoldfear]

[afaintcoldfear]

But it makes me feel like a bother. To her.

[nomorefeathers]

It's all right to let people do nice things for you sometimes.

[afaintcoldfear]

I know.

[nomorefeathers]

[a laugh]

But it's hard, right? I know the feeling.

[afaintcoldfear]

I suppose I don't really want them to. When I can't give back anything of any real value.

[nomorefeathers]

Gifts don't have to be returned though. That's why they're gifts.

[afaintcoldfear]

I don't really like that idea. It feels unfair somehow.

[itisgodswill]

I do not understand why anyone would read anything other than from a book...though since I have arrived here I have heard that other methods are quite common.

[afaintcoldfear]

The Internet can be accessed from anywhere, so nothing depends on you having brought your book. I'd say that's more practical.

[itisgodswill]

I had never heard of the Internet before I came here, it is not present in my time. Reading from books is all that I know. Anything else is just foreign to me, practical or not.

[a_changing]

Unnecessary, maybe. But don't you think the romance would seem cheaper somehow? On a Wiki page?

[afaintcoldfear]

Except it isn't the romance I care about.

[a_changing]

No? Why is that?