3rd Floor Common Room, Late Monday Afternoon.

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Callisto was bored. Very bored.

This was possibly why she was watching Bitterwoman while sitting upside down on the couch .

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Scaly, not fuzzy. Dan's just a toy," Rory said. "There are movies on them that'll show you what dinosaurs were more accurately like. And really, really big. Like, Dan here? A baby one would be like, the size of my car."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Anakin said, blushing. "I didn't know that."

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"Of course you didn't," Rory said, smiling. "But Dan is very cute, definitely. And his kind was a nice dinosaur, too. Herbivore. Like a really big cow or something."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Or a nerf," Anakin said, nodding. He looked up. "Which is an animal and not a fluffy orange ball. I've been told I need to make that distinction."

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"Helpful, yeah, since my mind immediately went to squishy footballs," Rory grinned. "Are they like cows?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Anakin said. "They're prized for their meat, and are raised mostly on Alderaan. They're not exactly the brightest animals in the galaxy." He looked at Rory. "Are cows especially wily?"

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"Really, really, really no," Rory said. "They're cute though."

She sifted through her bags. "I also got many, many, many books. Most of which aren't here. I think I'm going to have to pull a Bridgey and knock down the wall between my room and 211."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin looked down at the bags. "Wow. Are there any books left in Washington?"

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"Most of them are being shipped," Rory said, blushing. "I kind of like books."

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Anakin's eyebrows rose. "They are more of them coming?" He reached for a bag. "What did you get?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Stuff," Rory said, scuffing a shoe. "Mostly books I already have but of which I needed new editions. And there are some first editions being shipped. I'm not sure what I want to read, first. But that's where I saw her, so I will forever have the best associations ever with Kramerbooks."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"New editions?" Anakin asked, smiling. "This is why we put everything on datacards--they don't wear out as quickly."

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"Yeah, but books," Rory said, impassioned. "The way they smell, the way they feel...I mean, curling up on a couch with a book on a cold day, with a cup of coffee? Sure, they wear out, but the fact that books provide an entire experience makes it worth it to me."

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Anakin gave her a smile. "I'm beginning to understand the appeal."

He looked at the bags again. "So non-fiction, fiction, poetry? All of the above?"

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"And more," Rory shrugged. "Plays, novels, short stories, collections of articles or poems, et cetera. Some in other languages, though that's going to take a little more work on my part. I'm not as fluent in French or Italian as I'd like, though I've got Latin under my belt and that helps."

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Anakin let out a low whistle. "I'm impressed," he said.

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"By what, my bookish nerdiness?" Rory asked, turning red.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Multiple languages," Anakin said. "It's not as easy as it looks."

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Rory smiled. "El español es mi más fuerte," she replied. "Mais j'avais aussi un petit peu de français, parce qu'on l'a exigé à ma lycée précédente."

She made a face. "I probably kind of mangled most of that."

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Anakin looked at her blankly. "Well, it sounded good to me," he said. He shrugged. "But I guess you'd look at me the same way if I started talking in Huttese or Bothan or Neimoidian or one of the trade languages."

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"How is it you know English, anyway?" Rory asked, her brow furrowing.

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"I had to learn before Obi-Wan would even consider sending me here," Anakin said. "At home, most beings speak Basic."

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"Basic?" Rory repeated blankly.

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Anakin nodded. "With as many systems as the Republic covers, there needs to be a common, um, basic language. So Basic. It's been around for millennia." He shrugged. "It's sounds pretty close to English, strangely enough, but the written language is much different."

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"Which explains the lack of accent, and why Han can't read English. Or couldn't for awhile," Rory said, smiling. "That's kind of cool, how it sounds like English. Weird, but interesting."