"Well, I don't fully understand it myself, being new and still getting used to things. But the best I can make of it from what Dr Winchester and Mr. Tea -- others told me is that apparently --" She pinched the bridge of her nose and looked very pained. "I can't believe I'm saying this. The god of love running around here? Eros? Was apparently responsible for, well, all that. People ... falling suddenly and inappropriately in love." Granddad and Death of Rats will never let me hear the end of this if they find out. "That's why I was trying to ... anaesthetize myself, really. Unfortunately the relief was merely temporary, and you can see the consequences."
((Heheh. Poor Stephen. I just read the subthread on Crowley's herbology post. And yes, Maturin/MacNair is a fabulously cracktastic couple. Also, much Stephen love. I'm reading Master and Commander and am getting thoroughly sucked into the goodness of those books.))
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:21 pm (UTC)((Heheh. Poor Stephen. I just read the subthread on Crowley's herbology post. And yes, Maturin/MacNair is a fabulously cracktastic couple. Also, much Stephen love. I'm reading Master and Commander and am getting thoroughly sucked into the goodness of those books.))