[Joshua's enthusiasm is far from lost on Jill, and she watches him speak with a fond sort of amusement. There's much more to the tour, of course, but she knows that guiding him from one end of the Hideaway to the other is more of an excuse to spend time together than anything, so she capitalises on yet another opportunity to learn about the man he's become.]
You've become quite the scholar yourself, haven't you?
[Not that it's any surprise at all. So much of the world had been closed off to Joshua as a boy that all he had were books filled with other peoples' research and insights. She can only imagine the kind of wanderlust that instilled in him.]
Is that how you've spent your time all these years? Learning that which most of the world has yet to discover?
[On the surface it sounds... nice. Like something she would dearly want for him, if it allowed him to spread his wings and discover himself amid the ruins of the past. She knows it isn't that easy, though – it never is, not in this world – so her tone is soft in its curiosity, a toeing of the line rather than a trampling into his own history.]
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Date: 2024-01-28 05:14 pm (UTC)You've become quite the scholar yourself, haven't you?
[Not that it's any surprise at all. So much of the world had been closed off to Joshua as a boy that all he had were books filled with other peoples' research and insights. She can only imagine the kind of wanderlust that instilled in him.]
Is that how you've spent your time all these years? Learning that which most of the world has yet to discover?
[On the surface it sounds... nice. Like something she would dearly want for him, if it allowed him to spread his wings and discover himself amid the ruins of the past. She knows it isn't that easy, though – it never is, not in this world – so her tone is soft in its curiosity, a toeing of the line rather than a trampling into his own history.]