[So he writes the meaning out beneath the word as well. Flint's memory isn't quite eidetic, but it's very, very good. He won't forget.]
Thank you for the - [there's a slight amused little twitch to his brow] -- lesson. [A gesture to the book.] I don't suppose you've read it, in your 2017?
[He'd heard it described as one of the best novels of all time, and the premiere great of Russian literature. Obviously, this piqued his interest. Thomas would have had neither the head nor the heart for it, but Miranda would have enjoyed it. Russians use words like knives and shot: brutal and unflinching, without poetry but blood sings in them. It speaks to him, however slow-going the translation is proving to be.]
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[So he writes the meaning out beneath the word as well. Flint's memory isn't quite eidetic, but it's very, very good. He won't forget.]
Thank you for the - [there's a slight amused little twitch to his brow] -- lesson. [A gesture to the book.] I don't suppose you've read it, in your 2017?
[He'd heard it described as one of the best novels of all time, and the premiere great of Russian literature. Obviously, this piqued his interest. Thomas would have had neither the head nor the heart for it, but Miranda would have enjoyed it. Russians use words like knives and shot: brutal and unflinching, without poetry but blood sings in them. It speaks to him, however slow-going the translation is proving to be.]