Long nods affably, and sets to turning on his little hot plate, fussing with the selection of teas he has acquired now. Two cups.
"Exaggerate? Hardly. Perhaps understated, in some things." Long taps his strange fingers against his chin, wondering if there is anything he ought to attempt to update in that letter. Of course, simply because he updates the letter is no guarantee their captors will use his updated version.
"In history: the city appears to have been in existence for at least, hm, four years? Our records are all originally word-of-mouth, you see: asking the oldest current resident (who would be Glitch) who the longest resident before him was, and so forth. We have tried to record things, some of us, but given the frequent departures it is often an exercise in seeming futility."
The effort of that explanation causes Long to yawn, which he doesn't bother to stifle. He keeps the library warm. The warmth, accordingly, makes him drowsy.
Wordlessly, he holds out the basket of teabags for this individual to choose from.
[location: library]
"Exaggerate? Hardly. Perhaps understated, in some things." Long taps his strange fingers against his chin, wondering if there is anything he ought to attempt to update in that letter. Of course, simply because he updates the letter is no guarantee their captors will use his updated version.
"In history: the city appears to have been in existence for at least, hm, four years? Our records are all originally word-of-mouth, you see: asking the oldest current resident (who would be Glitch) who the longest resident before him was, and so forth. We have tried to record things, some of us, but given the frequent departures it is often an exercise in seeming futility."
The effort of that explanation causes Long to yawn, which he doesn't bother to stifle. He keeps the library warm. The warmth, accordingly, makes him drowsy.
Wordlessly, he holds out the basket of teabags for this individual to choose from.