[ it's a strange thing to be offered, you want books to read? Stephen had been anticipating that Logan might have a certain subject he'd wanted him to read up on, or that he thought Stephen might be specifically interested in. something about mutants, maybe, perhaps some of Xavier's work.
that would make sense. that would fit the way books have always folded into his life, something to bring progress, help move him forward.
books for the sake of books, for the sake of spending a little time being somewhere else, through the eyes of someone else and the words of someone else... it's not an alien concept. now that he thinks about it, it's probably weird that he's so caught on the back foot by the offer: people read for fun. they do that. and he does too, yeah, but - specifically. with focus.
Logan's not offering him a book in the hopes he'll learn something specific. he's not even offering him a book because it's his favourite, and he wants someone else to like it too. he's just... offering him a book. any book.
and he honestly has no idea what to do about it. ]
I wouldn't say that. I like to learn, so I read for that hobby.
[ so instead he just - does nothing about it. doesn't ask. doesn't know what he would ask. just carries on the conversation and sits feeling vaguely off-kilter. ]
no subject
that would make sense. that would fit the way books have always folded into his life, something to bring progress, help move him forward.
books for the sake of books, for the sake of spending a little time being somewhere else, through the eyes of someone else and the words of someone else... it's not an alien concept. now that he thinks about it, it's probably weird that he's so caught on the back foot by the offer: people read for fun. they do that. and he does too, yeah, but - specifically. with focus.
Logan's not offering him a book in the hopes he'll learn something specific. he's not even offering him a book because it's his favourite, and he wants someone else to like it too. he's just... offering him a book. any book.
and he honestly has no idea what to do about it. ]
I wouldn't say that. I like to learn, so I read for that hobby.
[ so instead he just - does nothing about it. doesn't ask. doesn't know what he would ask. just carries on the conversation and sits feeling vaguely off-kilter. ]