[ You know you've been in a real dump when the Stepford smiling and repetitive, scripted dialogue from the townspeople isn't even a blip on your radar... It could be worse! At least it made it easier to tell which people were genuine...hopefully.

...And Genis really wonders how much of that story is based on his actual life and how much of it is written for him as part of his role. It's pretty sad... He tries not to show it, but that definitely took the smile off Genis's face. ]

I like to read about other - places. The library used to have a lot of different history books, and... And I used study swordsmanship, too?

[ He's more concerned about what the other guy just said, though. He leans forward, resting his elbows on his legs. ]

Is it really okay not to have a job, though? What are you going to do when you run out of money? You can't live off of hobbies...