by Colette Rosenhof » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:57 pm
"Oh no no no Baseel," Colette's accent stressed his name in an unusual fashion. "Not romantic in a... like ze cover of a trashy novel. Romantic in ze way zat we show in cinema, in paintings, in art. How we bring out ze best qualities, ze idealized vision of ze subject matter. Knowledge is one of ze great virtues of humanity, and books are ze physical embodiment of knowledge, so of course such a position is romanticized a touch, non?
"Zat being said, zis is university, so zere will be no end of zat other type of romance wizin ze stacks."
She took another sip of her drink, the shade of her pinkness taking on a slight shade of that vibrant green as a result. "Zank you m-sir." She caught herself. "I hope zat I become as good a confectioner as you become a librarian. Zat is ze proper title, yes?"