Marius catches the hurt in Rat's eyes, and he wonders if he'd said the wrong thing. He didn't mean anything by it, but then, he also didn't know the significance of reading books in relation to the other man.
He's about to reply that Rat doesn't have to, when he tells him to choose a book.
Delighted, he offers him a flash of a smile before running off to the shelf. His eyes widen at the scope of it, of how many books Rat has managed to collect while here in Darrow.
"You sure do have a lot," he observes, reading the backs of spines and trying to decide which one he wants. There's such a variety, it seems to him; books of all shapes and sizes. There's one that looks as though it might be about France, but the size of it is intimidating enough that Marius ignores it after a brief glance.
He pauses when he comes to what looks like Rat's collection of Shakespeare, and instantly, he knows which one he wants.
"This one, please," he says, running back to Rat with a copy of Hamlet.
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He's about to reply that Rat doesn't have to, when he tells him to choose a book.
Delighted, he offers him a flash of a smile before running off to the shelf. His eyes widen at the scope of it, of how many books Rat has managed to collect while here in Darrow.
"You sure do have a lot," he observes, reading the backs of spines and trying to decide which one he wants. There's such a variety, it seems to him; books of all shapes and sizes. There's one that looks as though it might be about France, but the size of it is intimidating enough that Marius ignores it after a brief glance.
He pauses when he comes to what looks like Rat's collection of Shakespeare, and instantly, he knows which one he wants.
"This one, please," he says, running back to Rat with a copy of Hamlet.