[ Oh, the benefits of Archon loaf often do take priority over taste and texture when time is at stake and one does not have the wherewithal to move from one's seat (lest he lose it) to retrieve food when there are studies to be made.

But those days are over now, and the real world has shown itself to be very different. ]

Well, the others hardly need to know the extent of it, though I suspect it's no secret to any of them anyway. [ He shrugs helplessly. ] But I thank you all the same.

[ He's caught a glimpse of the myriads of books kept in the Exarch's tower too, in those seconds before the doors had closed when they'd gathered to speak on their next directives. Besides which, he feels a sort of kinship with him drawn from like-mindedness. In other words, nerds call to nerds.

But he hardly has any time to say anything else when Thomas interrupts with another inquiry that has Alphinaud burst out with laughter. ]

Do you dance, Exarch?