"Hey," says Quentin, "if you want that, you can take other steps towards it. Ask Alec about setting you up with someone who'll help you in the gym, or teach you tactics."
He says, thinking for other ideas, other things to interest them.
"This one's nicer. It's about a boy who pops into a shop one day and gets given a mysterious egg- and his decision to protect the thing he becomes responsible for."
He says, with a little smile. It's been a long time since he read it.
"It's part of a series. Jennifer Murdley's Toad, the Talking Skull, the Monster's Ring. But Jeremy Thatcher was the best one, if you ask me."
"There's a lot in my book about - M-A-C-U-S-A that's...different," he says
haltingly. "It says there were some wizards who handed in people to be
tried, even though they knew they weren't - just for money."
He's not even sure how much more he can bear to know, at this point, but he
finds it borderline impossible to turn down anything Quentin's offering to
him.
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Date: 2017-11-22 12:34 pm (UTC)He says, thinking for other ideas, other things to interest them.
"And there are books to read."
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Date: 2017-11-22 12:39 pm (UTC)"What kind of books?"
He's hesitating over why the gym would help him, but they'll get back to that.
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Date: 2017-11-22 12:45 pm (UTC)The Road, he wants to say, then his filter kicks in and he realizes he'd better not destroy his best friend. What's better?
"Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher."
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Date: 2017-11-22 01:01 pm (UTC)It's such a ludicrous title that it almost startles a laugh out of him.
"I might - get it wrong again. Like the last book I read."
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Date: 2017-11-22 01:28 pm (UTC)He says, with a little smile. It's been a long time since he read it.
"It's part of a series. Jennifer Murdley's Toad, the Talking Skull, the Monster's Ring. But Jeremy Thatcher was the best one, if you ask me."
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Date: 2017-11-22 01:34 pm (UTC)"Okay. I'll, um - I'll see if the library has it."
He feels like he ought to redeem himself for his utter misunderstanding of his first attempt with a recommendation of Quentin's.
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Date: 2017-11-22 03:49 pm (UTC)He says, smiling warmly to think of all the books that might be in store for him.
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Date: 2017-11-22 07:12 pm (UTC)"Thank you. And, um - I won't say anything about it."
On the network, as he had before.
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Date: 2017-11-22 08:45 pm (UTC)He says, with a little wince.
"But this won't have anything like that."
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Date: 2017-11-23 02:31 am (UTC)"Okay. That's - thank you. I guess I'm - still getting used to reading books that aren't..."
The Bible and related religious screeds.
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Date: 2017-11-23 03:15 am (UTC)He wonders, realizing he doesn't actually know.
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Date: 2017-11-23 08:01 am (UTC)"The Bible," he says. "And - Ma had some books about...witchcraft. She said that she wanted us to understand what we were - fighting against.
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Date: 2017-11-23 12:26 pm (UTC)Says Quentin, with a snort.
"Assume those are innaccurate, obviously."
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Date: 2017-11-23 12:39 pm (UTC)Credence can't argue with that.
"There's a lot in my book about - M-A-C-U-S-A that's...different," he says haltingly. "It says there were some wizards who handed in people to be tried, even though they knew they weren't - just for money."
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Date: 2017-11-23 01:18 pm (UTC)Unless he's confusing two different things.
"That's them, right?"
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Date: 2017-11-23 01:28 pm (UTC)"Yes. They were - they called them Scourers. They hated witches and wizards even though they were...."
He still doesn't understand.
"I don't know how they could be like that."
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Date: 2017-11-24 01:44 am (UTC)Agrees Quentin, eyebrows raising.
"You'e got to find a more even handed account."
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Date: 2017-11-24 07:56 am (UTC)"They murdered people," Credence says faintly, the implication being: how can anyone be even handed about that?
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Date: 2017-11-24 12:38 pm (UTC)As a matter of principle.
"I'll dig in the library too and see what I can find."
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Date: 2017-11-24 12:45 pm (UTC)He's not even sure how much more he can bear to know, at this point, but he finds it borderline impossible to turn down anything Quentin's offering to him.
"Thank you."
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Date: 2017-11-24 01:03 pm (UTC)He says, as usual, just wanting to help.
"You're doing good lately, you know? You seem- like you're hitting your stride."
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Date: 2017-11-24 01:17 pm (UTC)"Oh." He looks a little surprised by the idea. "I guess - I've been here for a long time. I'm - getting used to it."
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Date: 2017-11-24 01:24 pm (UTC)He agrees.
"And it suits you. Alec said you asked for a wand?"
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Date: 2017-11-24 01:29 pm (UTC)"I - already have one, it just only works when I'm with Mister Scamander," he explains. "That was something Miss Kinney did for me."
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Date: 2017-11-24 10:20 pm (UTC)Clarifying, quickly.
"With Alec, or with me-"
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