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[whitefeather]

Who: Jin Uzuki, Joshua.
What: English lessons.
When: The first Friday after the fist of courage event.
Where: Terminal Tokyo: Library.



[After the attack on the city, Sorcerymon, of course, was still Sorcerymon. She'd actually liked her new form far more than she expected, and had refused to come out of it - claiming that she was only able to stay in Champion form for so long because of Joshua's power - something that certainly piqued his interest - but unfortunately nothing he had the resources to look into at the moment. Joshua had merely allowed her to go along with it (after all, an alliteration monster was somewhat far more adorable than any form she'd ever had); and he'd allowed her to resume the task of creating various tinctures out of god knew what which had been lying around the apartment. She'd gone with it quite contentedly, so Joshua'd headed off to the library - arriving at a small, almost dingy top room with one table and surrounded by books.

And he unpacked, glancing over some of his own research material as he waited. Jin, of course. He'd been quite pleased with the progress the former soldier had made so far. Nothing above human capability, of course not. But, the higher end of human capability certainly was enough for him. In two months, the soldier'd taken on quite a bit. His mistakes were rare, his attention to detail impressive, capability to take on information rather good, and his questions about subjects raised in the material covered good.

Joshua brushes a clump of hair from his face. Unfortunately, being human is full of nothing but drawbacks. One of which is his appearance. He's woefully aware of the fact he's almost two inches taller than what he was when he arrived, and his hair seems to have grown markedly. So much, in fact, it's mainly pushed upward and tied over, worn up, only his bangs and the curl which resembled a lightning bolt loose.

When he heard the door open, he didn't look up from the digital glyphs he'd been memorizing, alike so many kanji in earlier times. ]

You're early. I imagine you're normally like this?

[Of course he was. Joshua didn't need any ESP at all to know that Jin seemed to adore this place more than any other.]

Comments

[betrayalcutsdeep]

*Jin found the English lessons to be fascinating. Not necessarily because of the language itself, it had enough similarities in basic structure to the Galaxy Federation trade language that he didn't consider it entirely unusual, but simply because of its origin. The fact that it was a language of Lost Jerusalem, that land from the past that held his focus so, was enough to prompt him to give the lessons his full attention.

He'd been sharing his lessons with Veemon, with the intent of having someone to practice with aside from Joshua, but had quickly found that while his partner had more than enough curiosity to be interested in the material, he lacked the attention span to keep focus on them. Soon enough, he'd figured out that evolving his partner to Sorcermon helped with that, much like it was easier to get an adult to sit still than a child. Obviously he couldn't stay like that long-term, but it helped.

Working in the library also helped with the lessons. The job was an enjoyable one, leaving him in an area that was often quiet, where he could easily spend his idle minutes studying. If he hadn't devoted his entire life to U-TIC, he'd mused, he might have even considered running something like this back home. It would honestly be a disappointment when this ended and he had to move on to a different job, unless he could get it again for next month. But until he found out, he would act as if it wasn't feasible...which meant taking as much advantage of his time in the library as he could. And that was what brought him to the lesson early, still wearing his ever present sword despite the peaceful setting.*

Better to be early than to risk showing disinterest in my lessons. Besides, it's easier to fill spare time than it is to make up for lost.