[Veidt curls his hands around his own mug (one of those nauseatingly cheerful "World's Best Teacher" ones; he needs to weed out his collection again, evidently) and grimaces in sympathy.]
I can see how that would be a difficult habit to overcome, yes.
[Reflectively, as if too himself.] It's more than that, too: "we seek the teeth that match our wounds," as one person put it. What's familiar is comforting, even in ways not easily understood. [He smiles back at Nelly.]
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Date: 2010-05-01 07:53 am (UTC)I can see how that would be a difficult habit to overcome, yes.
[Reflectively, as if too himself.] It's more than that, too: "we seek the teeth that match our wounds," as one person put it. What's familiar is comforting, even in ways not easily understood. [He smiles back at Nelly.]