[Havemercy shrugs with a vague eyebrow raise of his own; technically, a librarian should be familiar with catalog organization and the like before reading every book ever, in his opinion, and also in his opinion, reading a book about space travel is only a drop in the bucket anyway, but whatever. Same for magic. The important thing - that he got to career-drop his brother for a second, hurrah - is out there.]
You speak as if space travel and magic are the only things worth knowing about in the whole universe.
[A STEM snob, if he had to guess... not unlike his kid brother, so, that's fine.]
Unfortunately, it would seem, most of my education focused on local religion. And some botany. And some politics.
Space travel and magic are topics in which I find my knowledge lacking.
[ hence why he is asking — there is a variety of other topics to choose from, of course, a multitude that he finds important... but he isn't interested in educating others about topics he is knowledgeable in.
though, ] An eclectic list. How did you come to choose those in particular?
If I had my catalog I could direct you somewhere fascinating. Alas.
[Ha ha. Anyway, two of three of these have the same answer, which is,] My mother's benevolent hand guided much of my youth. The botany was a curiosity, as there are so few flora kept on a space station.
[And so many plants are poisonous, which is a lucky coincidence that was not a curiosity at all, and even if it was, no one has to know about it right now.]
[ viktor hums — even just from this short conversation, it is obvious that havemercy seems to adore his mother, or at least holds her in high esteem.
instead of saying that, though, he simply nods. ] There are uses to botany. Biology is not my main field of expertise, but there are useful possibilities for it. Organic methods for air purification, for one.
[ he does not think of poisons, at all, actually... and then, with a vague shrug and an even vaguer eh, ] Not particularly. I'm a scientist.
[ wryly said, eyebrow raised — mostly because most people are entirely content to leave it at that, as if they are afraid he is about to start spouting physics formulae any second now. ]
Physics, chemistry, and engineering, primarily. Mathematics and biochemistry to a lesser degree. [ yes, biochemistry as its own thing, as it's a sub-study of both chemistry and biology, the latter of which he is hardly any type of an expert on. ]
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You speak as if space travel and magic are the only things worth knowing about in the whole universe.
[A STEM snob, if he had to guess... not unlike his kid brother, so, that's fine.]
Unfortunately, it would seem, most of my education focused on local religion. And some botany. And some politics.
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[ hence why he is asking — there is a variety of other topics to choose from, of course, a multitude that he finds important... but he isn't interested in educating others about topics he is knowledgeable in.
though, ] An eclectic list. How did you come to choose those in particular?
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[Ha ha. Anyway, two of three of these have the same answer, which is,] My mother's benevolent hand guided much of my youth. The botany was a curiosity, as there are so few flora kept on a space station.
[And so many plants are poisonous, which is a lucky coincidence that was not a curiosity at all, and even if it was, no one has to know about it right now.]
And you? Is your list eclectic, too?
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instead of saying that, though, he simply nods. ] There are uses to botany. Biology is not my main field of expertise, but there are useful possibilities for it. Organic methods for air purification, for one.
[ he does not think of poisons, at all, actually... and then, with a vague shrug and an even vaguer eh, ] Not particularly. I'm a scientist.
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But: that is the most scientist-brand answer a person could give, so he raises an eyebrow slightly, mildly unsurprised.]
Come now, you cannot only offer scientist. How reserved! What kind?
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[ wryly said, eyebrow raised — mostly because most people are entirely content to leave it at that, as if they are afraid he is about to start spouting physics formulae any second now. ]
Physics, chemistry, and engineering, primarily. Mathematics and biochemistry to a lesser degree. [ yes, biochemistry as its own thing, as it's a sub-study of both chemistry and biology, the latter of which he is hardly any type of an expert on. ]