[ That's the part that Winter hadn't thought through: asking someone to help him get a book means admitting which book he wants.
It's not anything salacious, but it's definitely enough outside of the usual area of what Winter's ever been allowed to read that it feels kind of scandalous. So there's a definite too-long pause as he dithers through trying to figure out how to say it. ]
It's, um, it's a -- an adventure novel, the one with the blue spine...
[ It is some schlocky 80s style fantasy novel. Like you do. ]
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[ That's the part that Winter hadn't thought through: asking someone to help him get a book means admitting which book he wants.
It's not anything salacious, but it's definitely enough outside of the usual area of what Winter's ever been allowed to read that it feels kind of scandalous. So there's a definite too-long pause as he dithers through trying to figure out how to say it. ]
It's, um, it's a -- an adventure novel, the one with the blue spine...
[ It is some schlocky 80s style fantasy novel. Like you do. ]