Mizu isn't sure how much books cost in Lore, but she knows she cannot summon the right one to tell her everything she needs to know so vaguely. She's better off using the library and sometimes talking with a librarian. Months in the library. She's basically becoming a scholar of London. A shocking turn of events compared to the rest of her life. Her reading skills are much better than when she arrived.
She listens to Vergil, however, because he loved books from childhood. He comes from a childhood with books in it. Given how powerful his father was, that shouldn't be surprising. It's the rich and powerful men (and demons) who have libraries. It matches the pride and the search for power, in so much as that more frequently comes from men in those parts of society. Taiden has ambition, and he has pride. It's the pride of someone scraping to prove himself and drag himself up, rather than one who was born to be there. That might have made Mizu dislike Vergil, except they discussed it in the context of their mistakes costing so many people their lives. It felt different, even if it was something they had to share to ever leave that library. Now, it seems, the two closest people to her in Folkmore come from that wealthy kind of background. Vergil. And Rin.
Vergil's adolescence is particularly relatable to her current activities. It speaks to where they are in their journeys. Vergil no longer is trying to amass as much power as possible, but Mizu still walks the path of revenge. At best, she'll soon be half done. The second half of such journeys are likely harder than the first. They only ever get harder. A small sigh. She has enough difficulty learning about London. She can't imagine trying to learn the truth behind his father's power, something that would be a much more guarded secret. No jealousy there, strange as it is to learn about a place around the world that she's never been to and for which so much information is about the future.
"It's what you like, so it makes sense you would," Mizu says. She's never cared about poetry herself, but she doesn't say so. No need to insult what Vergil likes. It's not like Mizu's been exposed to much poetry in her life. She leans back against the wall, more interested in Vergil than the books themselves. "What do you like about them?"
Better to let him talk on the matter. Mizu can listen. Not everyone is as single minded as she is, and Vergil had more exposure to various things before his life went to shit than she did living in a shack in the woods. Her stories were always of the bad men who would find her if she went outside.
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She listens to Vergil, however, because he loved books from childhood. He comes from a childhood with books in it. Given how powerful his father was, that shouldn't be surprising. It's the rich and powerful men (and demons) who have libraries. It matches the pride and the search for power, in so much as that more frequently comes from men in those parts of society. Taiden has ambition, and he has pride. It's the pride of someone scraping to prove himself and drag himself up, rather than one who was born to be there. That might have made Mizu dislike Vergil, except they discussed it in the context of their mistakes costing so many people their lives. It felt different, even if it was something they had to share to ever leave that library. Now, it seems, the two closest people to her in Folkmore come from that wealthy kind of background. Vergil. And Rin.
Vergil's adolescence is particularly relatable to her current activities. It speaks to where they are in their journeys. Vergil no longer is trying to amass as much power as possible, but Mizu still walks the path of revenge. At best, she'll soon be half done. The second half of such journeys are likely harder than the first. They only ever get harder. A small sigh. She has enough difficulty learning about London. She can't imagine trying to learn the truth behind his father's power, something that would be a much more guarded secret. No jealousy there, strange as it is to learn about a place around the world that she's never been to and for which so much information is about the future.
"It's what you like, so it makes sense you would," Mizu says. She's never cared about poetry herself, but she doesn't say so. No need to insult what Vergil likes. It's not like Mizu's been exposed to much poetry in her life. She leans back against the wall, more interested in Vergil than the books themselves. "What do you like about them?"
Better to let him talk on the matter. Mizu can listen. Not everyone is as single minded as she is, and Vergil had more exposure to various things before his life went to shit than she did living in a shack in the woods. Her stories were always of the bad men who would find her if she went outside.