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School made you watch videos on how to acquire a date? I suppose when marriage was pushed as much as it was and still is, I’m not surprised.

I get that, but at the same time, I also get trying to figure out how to send someone who deserves to die in one’s place. Why not remove an enemy and save your hide in the process. I know rigging or bribing something like that though would take a lot of effort. I'm also guessing he's not the sort to have known many he thought should die in his place.

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Oh yeah. How to get a date, how to date around without seeming loose, right up to how to figure out if you were ready to get married and then how to manage a home and buy groceries with all the abundance capitalism provides. Like they were trying to stuff you onto a slide all the way down to a suburban home. I still managed to be a loose communist, though, so they weren't terribly effective.

There weren't many folks Sam would've wanted to see dead, and yeah. Getting the board to just pick someone else would've been a lot more involved than getting them to 4F him. They probably would've if he'd just thought to ask.

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I wonder if that’s more a testament to your character than their lack of effectiveness, but it could be a matter of both. Either way, the closest I’ve come to formal education is breaking into the university’s libraries, which I wish I could do more often. There’re online courses I’d have access to now that are more flexible than attending classes in person, but eh. Not really interested in going that route when I could just forge a diploma and identity if I ever needed one.

I’d say he sounds like a much better person than I am, but that’s a low bar to pass, so instead I’ll just stick with him sounding like a good person in general.

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I'm all for breaking into libraries. Never went to university, but research can be pretty enjoyable when you're actually interested in what you're looking for. Though forgery should be a degree all on its own, I figure making your own education is better than paying other people to tell you what you already know.

He was, in general. Though I wonder sometimes what he'd think of what I am now. Hopefully he'd be as understanding as he was back then.

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Agreed. I enjoy learning new things in general, but it’s easier when there’s reasons for engagement beyond just how useful the information is. And if the college offers no room for furthering one’s intellectual horizons through instruction or discussion, and there’s no need for the social connections, then it would be a poor option indeed. Especially given the exorbitant prices of some.

I can’t imagine anyone worth a second thought not giving you one too, Birdie.

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Having to pay at all feels a terrible insult to the idea of education itself, but that's a whole other argument, I think. You'd have liked Abbie Hoffman, or at least 'Steal This Book.'

You're very sweet, Kaz. Thank you.

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A fair argument, however. And I have not actually read that book yet, so I’ve added it to my list. Seems up my alley.

It’s just how I see it.

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You ought to steal it, in keeping with the spirit of the material. A lot of it is outdated now, but the general ethos lives on.

Well, you see things sweetly, when you have a mind to.

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Stealing it was, admittedly, my initial thought. Well, that and whether I should ‘borrow’ it from the university library should they carry it.

Maybe.

There wasn’t much room for thinking like that. For a very long time. Still feels a little strange to hear now.

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Both options are good. Guess it depends now on whether it's at the university library or not.

New things can be strange sometimes, but they can be good, too.

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Yeah, I’d have to check. There are four libraries on the campus, but that’s still no guarantee. Out of all the scouting I’ve done though, finding that out is fairly easy.

They can. And I know, acting one way with one person isn’t acting that way with everyone.

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All else fails, I can see if anybody has it in their personal collections. That might be a more complicated theft, but definitely more entertaining.

It isn't, but I do like how you act with me.

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It’s true that I don’t often risk having curses put on me during thefts, but I’m not against novel challenges with a worthwhile payout.

I enjoy how you act as well. I say, with the fine print to exclude attempts at blood popsicles in the future.

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Don't worry, I'll scope someone out with no curses attached. Unless you want the challenge of avoiding one in the process.

Look, that was an outlier. Vampire Heat Stroke. I was not in my right mind, it should not count against me.

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I’m not opposed to it, I’d just definitely prefer to know ahead of time as it’s not something I deal with often.

As far as bad ideas go it’s not the worst, don’t worry. It seems you suffered enough from it.

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I'll keep that in mind if you ever have me doing more serious intel.

Thank you for your understanding. I can't promise I'll never have another bad idea, but I can say it won't ever be blood popsicles again.

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Your expertise in your particular kind would be beneficial for certain.

I once stuck my hand into a blender when it was on. I was fine, but the point is that we all have bad ideas. Just as long as the good ones outbalance them it’s fine, or at least having contingencies in case plans go south fast.

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Well, I'm happy to answer the questions I can.

You are very good at contingencies, from what I've seen. For now, and while I'm smoking, I'll leave that to you and keep to more supplemental support. Just in case. Little worried about your hands now, though.

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I’m fine with it being left largely to me. Though it is a skill I always encourage in others. My hands are fine, I promise. It was a one-off situation shared just to make the point that nothing and nobody is infallible, it can just look that way if the right precautions are put in place.

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I can do my best with it, though it's not my strongest skill outside of very specific circumstances. You do make a good teacher for it.

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It goes both ways. Music doesn’t feel natural to me, but I enjoy our guitar lessons. I figure if it's not easy, then it's worth practicing.

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That's a very good way of looking at it. And you know me. I always vote that music is worth the effort in particular.

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I do know you, and that. I don’t think I will ever know music as you know it, or Wylan does, or any who are moved to make it as a form of creation. But that’s okay. I enjoy how you all enjoy it. And how you use it.

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I'm glad you like it. I've been told it helps your brain with math, too, if you needed another tick in the pros column for all the time spent.

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I can see the correlation between music and math. And you certainly know well by now that productivity is music to my ears.

That might mean you’re better with numbers yourself, more than you think. They might not just have been presented to you in the most accessible way yet.