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Ha, true. I learned from the best. He's the one that gave me my first IWW songbook, too.

That’s very sweet. Sounds like he raised you right. Do you still have it?

I do, though I don't bring it out much. Don't want it falling apart on me, so I carry around a newer edition I bought a few years ago.

I don’t fault you for wanting to preserve it. I’d be curious if the later translations changed anything.

There's a few lyric changes that I noticed. Mostly it's just additions, songs and verses both. I'll have to show you sometime.

I’d like to see it, yeah. I enjoy seeing what changes over different editions of things. I’ve actually never seen any of it, so it’ll be a first either way. I think the closest I've ever come to reading a song book was an old Kerch nursery rhyme book.

I'll bring them both by the Slat next time I have a chance. There's notes in the margins, but you can ignore those, it's just my noodling about guitar chords or my own word changes.

Do you still have the Kerch nursery rhymes?

What if I want to read your amendments? Or would that make you uncomfortable?

I don’t have any books left from back then, no. I have them all memorized, so there is that. Not the same, but it's something.

You're very welcome to it. Some just might not make much sense, or be entirely legible.

Sometimes the book itself doesn't matter so much. Would you tell some to me, sometime, though? I'd like to hear them. Won't put you on a stage for it or anything.

[OOC: Work has kicked me this week, but I will get to our longer tags this weekend.]

Chicken scratch handwriting or just shorthand only you know?

As long as a stage isn’t involved, sure. The morals found in them are different than in some others I’ve come across from other places. Hoarding profit isn’t really looked down upon here. There’s more tales of the peasant making his own fortune than realizing his true treasure was his morals all along.

[ ooc: friend there are no worries, i'm also kicked, you're golden. take all the kick-recovery time you need. ]

The notes about guitar tabs might be a little more esoteric for you than strict shorthand. Otherwise it's chicken scratch.

No stages no lights, I promise. And they certainly sound very different. I figured that might be the case, but it'll be something else hearing it all folk-tale-like instead of thinking of it in theory.

Were you ever told that you should be a doctor because of your chicken scratch writing?

Phrasing does make a difference. And not all the messages are terrible. I actually agree with the ones that are against monarchies and the privilege of ruling being passed down. It's just hypocritical in practice, given how the Council operates. It's really not a merit-based oligarchy.

Oh, hell no. Don't figure anyone wanted me near their vitals no matter how much my handwriting may have fit the bill.

You'll have to tell me those ones, first. And merit-based oligarchies feel like a double negative.

I really only judge handwriting by how easy or difficult it is to forge.

Pretty much. Merit is always substituted for money, and how one makes it is more at the expense of others.

Then I await your judgement of how forgeable my handwriting is.

It's how things tend to shake out when the profit of one is valued over the well being of all. No one thinks you can have success and then split the profits from it with the workers that gave it to you.

Odds are in your favor, I'm fairly decent at forging these days.

Indeed. It's often just met with some sort of 'pulling one's self up by their bootstraps' line about how everyone should make their own fortunes without any aid, disavowing the uneven playing field and advantages to start.

I always look forward to stripping them of their fortunes and daring them to then prove their points.

Good to know, if I ever need to fake my own documents.

If they acknowledged any of that, they'd have to admit that they aren't as skilled or as clever as they want everyone to think they are. And that, at any point, would be bad for their bottom line.

You know I'm always happy to help with that if you need it.

I might even give you a discount.

Which is why it’s all the better to hang them out to dry in public where they can’t hide.

I always keep you in mind these days. I will as long as you’re around and willing.

How very kind of you.

Good thing I've got so much experience with bringing people up on stages, huh?

Would it be weird to tell you I'm planning to stay around for a while? Or, I guess, a while by my standards.

I'm a giver.

You do know your way around sharing a spotlight.

It isn't weird to hear, no, but I'd understand if it feels odd on your end to say. I know you tend to move around a lot.

You really are. I tell anyone that asks, "Oh, Kaz? Kaz Brekker? He's a giver."

Well, being a solo act is fun and all, but given my political leanings it seems a little hypocritical to hog the mic.

Only a little odd. There are still places I want to go, need to go to, but I'm getting more adjusted to the idea of coming back.

"Giver of what?" A sage nod. "Yes."

At least you're true to your leanings.

The idea that you can return based on want, rather than expectation?

I'm biased in always finding Ketterdam worth my while to return to, while also noting that Ketterdam is the last place many should call home even temporarily. For what it's worth though, while I don't have any expectations, you're always welcome.

I'll just gesture at them cryptically with my lobster umbrella at that point.

Figure it's good to have some truth somewhere. For balance.

There are other places I've wanted to go back to. By the time I'd left, though, they weren't really possibilities. Not in the way I wanted them to be. And even Ketterdam might not be, by the time I have to go, but I like the idea of it. You, too.

I think that gets the point across.

Truth can be a useful tool. It all depends on the situation.

I never expect people to return, but I like them knowing they can if they want. Most in my circle lost or never had a home before now, so. Now they always can if they ever need one. Including you.

You think it'd get across faster if I hit 'em with it?

And the application, if we want to get into the real fine minutiae of it all.

Thank you. It really does mean a lot to me to have that, both in terms of having a place and having your trust.

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