[ He keeps flipping through! It's an old guide, but still solid at first. The first few pages are normal, and then several pages after that have words underlined in them seemingly at random?
... and then about 10-15 pages in, the guide has been replaced carefully by pages and pages of handwritten fanfiction.
They tell a lurid (and improbable) tale of the forbidden romance between the Abomination Coven Head and the Bard Coven head. Apparently Devon Deamonne is quite the outrageous flirt compared to Alain Helicoverpa, an uptight bard with more pride than sense. The two used to be friends, but have since fallen into more of a vicious rivalry. Both are frantic to prove their worth to Belos, who is not yet Emperor.
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... and then about 10-15 pages in, the guide has been replaced carefully by pages and pages of handwritten fanfiction.
They tell a lurid (and improbable) tale of the forbidden romance between the Abomination Coven Head and the Bard Coven head. Apparently Devon Deamonne is quite the outrageous flirt compared to Alain Helicoverpa, an uptight bard with more pride than sense. The two used to be friends, but have since fallen into more of a vicious rivalry. Both are frantic to prove their worth to Belos, who is not yet Emperor.
Hunter can't help but stare down at that. ]
What. What am I looking at.