15th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Voice

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[Yes, he fails at filters.]

General question for all of you. What would you-...

[No, that's not a good idea. He doesn't need that, she has told him several times, right? She likes books, which means a book is probably the best gift, he doesn't need to ask what to give her. A book will do. She also liked the plushies he gave her before so there's that, maybe he can get a teddy bear for her on top of it, since if she loves books that much she probably has read a lot of them.

Then again, maybe that only applies to the ones in her world, and there are way too many books in the world to read them all anyway. Yes, that sounds like a good question. He clears his throat a bit.]

Book recommendations. Anyone knows of interesting books to read? Novels, tales, science, any theme will do.

[She probably will enjoy it either way so... Should he ask that it won't be too complicated? No, even if she reads them to him as well he can ask if he doesn't get something. It's a gift just for her after all.]

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[He thought he was clear. At least that does sound interesting.]

Yes, that counts. Do you know any books in particular about that?

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I can think of a few.

[He's not too sure of some of the exact titles but he'll pen a few down right now and their authors' initials next to them. The best he can remember.

...assume that there's about 3-5 books mentioned here.]

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[And he notes down them all to check for them later on.]

Those sound like a good selection. Thanks.

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You're welcome. They're not very technical; they shouldn't be too difficult to follow.

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It wouldn't matter if they were technical anyway.

[Maybe.]

But this will be good. Sh- Animal books are interesting. Are all of those from your world?

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["Sh"...]

Only the first two. I found the others in the library when I was browsing.

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[That was just a random sound, not the start of a "she" or anything.]

Good, it's better if they are from diverse worlds. There are more chances that I won't have read them.

[Shouldn't you know that already if you're the one who read them?]

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[On the other hand, if you're an avid reader like Leo, forgetting the titles but remembering the content = totally plausible.]

Yes, of course. Do you read a lot as well?

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[He likes that idea, he will stick with that if it comes to mind and he realizes it's plausible.]

You could say so. It's why it's hard to find new books to read even here.

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Really? You must read very fast then.

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More like I don't do much else.

[That's what she said, from home to the library and from the library back home. It was different during the experiment, though... She went to look for him.]

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Is that so? It's a rather large library, though!

[Very impressive. Does this mean that he can read fast enough to beat the rate of books Shifted out? Hmm.]

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And it has books from all kind of worlds, I know, that's something good. If they were all from my world only it would be meaningless to ask for recommendations.

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If it was your world, you'd be able to know which books are the most popular, I'd suppose. [Like Holy Knight back where he came from. Or maybe that was only popular amongst young nobles, he didn't know.] Ah, or am I misunderstanding and you've actually read every book in your world?

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Maybe saying that is an exaggeration, but a good deal of them, yes. Definitively the popular ones and several others that aren't that popular.

[Though he's not sure which is popular and which isn't anyway but that should cover all bases.]

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Mmm, I see. [But see, here's the real clincher.] Could you recommend a few titles then?

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[No.]

Have you read "The Dandelion Girl"?

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[... ... ...]

I can't say I have. Is it any good?

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That's subjective. It's not a terribly book, that's for sure.

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But did you enjoy it?

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I didn't like the ending, but the rest was good. And I know some people who liked it from the start to the end, so it's worth to be recommended.

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[...that's interesting enough to pique his interest.]

I'll have a look for it when I go to the library again then. Thank you.

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Hn, it's nothing.

[Besides, he offered recommendations first. If Ikki knew more books he would have offered more.]

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[Books are Leo's one true love, no one can take him away from them. But really, Ikki looks familiar-- even though Leo's hair has gone through some restyling, he at least remembers talking to someone like him once.]

...my name's Leo.

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[Ikki doesn't use the journals very often, neither does he talk to many people. The voice sounds familiar even if he doesn't really recognize the person.]

I'm Phoenix Ikki. I don't think this is the first time we have talked, right?