"It's...okay." It's not, but Jean would like it to be. "There are bad Managers. Madam Gebura had to learn, she...used to be very monomaniacal, hahaha! But she did learn. She...was better even when being better was the hardest thing in the world. Sort of like you."
You know that sound someone makes, that light thing that isn't quite a scoff, fond and wistful? Yeah. "She was forever smoking inside the library. And we'd trade off being her personal assistant, because Madam Gebura can barely read. First person to joke about it, Patron Librarian of Language can't read. But she really did care, Comrade. She really did."
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Date: 2024-09-05 07:50 pm (UTC)You know that sound someone makes, that light thing that isn't quite a scoff, fond and wistful? Yeah. "She was forever smoking inside the library. And we'd trade off being her personal assistant, because Madam Gebura can barely read. First person to joke about it, Patron Librarian of Language can't read. But she really did care, Comrade. She really did."