Hmm, it'd be kind of a waste to return it now.[sr]Maybe I'll hang onto it a little longer.
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@Thrúd
There is no need for that.[sr]Remember, we are the Valkyries.
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@Thrúd
As long as one of us has read a book to completion,[sr]it will forever persist in our shared memory.
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@Hildr
Yeah, I know, but there's just something about paper books.
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@Hildr
It's exciting to turn a new page,[sr]even when you know what happens next.
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@Ortlinde
True... That is a good point.
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@Thrúd
I disagree. One can easily attain similar feelings even with electronic and Spiritronic information.
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@Thrúd
Besides...
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@Thrúd
Sentiment is for humans.[sr]As are emotions.
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@Thrúd
As Valkyries, we have no need for either.
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@Hildr
Aww man.
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@Ortlinde
Very well then, let's return these books.[sr]We can inform the librarian of their ret[line 2]
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@Mash
There! I found three Heroic Spirits who seem to have come here to return some books!
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@Osakabehime
A yuri story about three robot sisters... That could totally be moe...
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@Murasaki Shikibu
Oh, it's those three sisters. I remember them.
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@Andersen
The Norse Valkyries, huh.[sr]All right, let's see if they can be reasoned with.
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?1:Heeey! Valkyries!
?2:Don't return those books just yet!
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@Thrúd
...Master.
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@Hildr
Huh? Why're you here, Master?
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@Ortlinde
Estimation: Master has found something suspect about our actions...
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@Ortlinde
...and wishes to check the books we are about to return accordingly.
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@Hildr
Wait, really!?
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@Thrúd
...[sr]...
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@Hildr
Uhh, h-hey there, Master![sr]We're not up to anything weird here, I promise!
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@Hildr
There's nothing suspicious about us coming to the library a lot lately. It's not like we've all been checking out every single romance novel we can fi[line 2]
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@Thrúd
Hildr.
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@Hildr
G[messageShake 0.03 3 3 0.4]yah!
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@Ortlinde
That's true. I borrowed Aesop's Fables, and cannot yet say for certain that it has no tales of romance.
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@Hildr
Really? I got Little Women, and there was definitely some love plots in that.
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@Thrúd
...[sr]...
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@Hildr
What about you, Thrúd?
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@Thrúd
I borrowed, uh...[wt 0.9]Wuthering Heights.
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@Andersen
Oho, fascinating. That's a tale of real passion.[sr]A very grown-up choice.
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@Andersen
If it's passion you're looking for, you should try The Tale of Genji next. In fact, I could read it aloud for you right now if you like.
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@Murasaki Shikibu
L-Lord Andersen...!
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@Osakabehime
(N-no way! That's downright sadistic! Does this mean four-eyes here was actually a heartless shota type all along!?)
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@Thrúd
The Tale of Genji?
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@Thrúd
No need.
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@Thrúd
I have already read it.
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@Hildr
Oh yeah, you didn't waste any time checking that one out. I remember it was one of the very first stories to be added to our shared memories.
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@Thrúd
It was a very...enigmatic story. It depicted mind games, affection, and other human things in great detail...
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@Thrúd
Yet despite that, it was also strangely entrancing.[sr]What about it?