[ NO PROBLEM, he will be sure to keep reminding him. For now, he splits the first pile of books into two smaller piles, to make sure he'll be able to reach the books at the top while sitting on the floor, and sits down. ]
This one. [ And he takes a book, handing it up to G'raha. ] For reading soon? Or for reading later?
[ All right. So Marcel is well and truly committed to this. G'raha shouldn't find himself surprised. Yet every time the other things to spend time doing things like this? Well it warms him on the inside. Then he feels terribly guilty for that, like he's wasting the precious hero's time by being something akin to selfish.
So G'raha will sit there, a little muted. Because there are so many better things that Marcel could be doing. ]
Ah. The one on the left is for sooner. The other later.
[ He nods, starting two new stacks with each of the books, then takes the next two. On and on, until the books he brought over are all sorted. Then he stands, stretches, and gathers another pile to sort through.
And there are so many other things he could be doing. And some of them probably would be a better use of his time, measured by pure efficiency. But this is what he wants to be doing. He makes more estimated measurements, setting up piles that are about chest-height on G'raha, with the books for later on the bottom and the ones for sooner in the parts of the pile that he can reach without bending.
It's nice. Even if G'raha himself might have better things to do than sit and be asked what order he wants to read books in, it's nice. It's probably the only way he's ever going to be able to talk to G'raha about something that clearly matters so dearly to him, because he's never going to be capable of reading the bulk of these books.
The door's been clear for a while, but he's still contentedly bringing piles of books over. ]
[ Time does pass, yes. Before long the door is clear and G'raha's books are better stacked and, actually, more organized. At least organized in the sense that ones he wants to read are separated. Though there is a point where G'raha starts to have Marcel actually organize them better. By subject, more specifically.
While it doesn't seem right, to have Marcel work like this, G'raha does remember that the other likes having tasks. Just likes to spend time in the same room as his companions and listen. So that's what G'raha does, all while rattling and prattling. Rambling on and on about each book long after they complete the initial task. ]
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Date: 2022-08-02 10:39 pm (UTC)This one. [ And he takes a book, handing it up to G'raha. ] For reading soon? Or for reading later?
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Date: 2022-08-03 04:24 am (UTC)So G'raha will sit there, a little muted. Because there are so many better things that Marcel could be doing. ]
Ah. The one on the left is for sooner. The other later.
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Date: 2022-08-03 09:50 pm (UTC)And there are so many other things he could be doing. And some of them probably would be a better use of his time, measured by pure efficiency. But this is what he wants to be doing. He makes more estimated measurements, setting up piles that are about chest-height on G'raha, with the books for later on the bottom and the ones for sooner in the parts of the pile that he can reach without bending.
It's nice. Even if G'raha himself might have better things to do than sit and be asked what order he wants to read books in, it's nice. It's probably the only way he's ever going to be able to talk to G'raha about something that clearly matters so dearly to him, because he's never going to be capable of reading the bulk of these books.
The door's been clear for a while, but he's still contentedly bringing piles of books over. ]
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Date: 2022-08-03 11:58 pm (UTC)While it doesn't seem right, to have Marcel work like this, G'raha does remember that the other likes having tasks. Just likes to spend time in the same room as his companions and listen. So that's what G'raha does, all while rattling and prattling. Rambling on and on about each book long after they complete the initial task. ]