You're not the only one. Likely part of why we suit.
I used to drive Alcor completely up a wall. (That's my predecessor, and all right, it did take me years to stop calling him Professor, so I should be patient with you.)
He was a snake, but very differently than Alde was, and it took him forever to figure out how to convince me to do what he wanted without me getting stubborn about it. One of the first times he tried to talk to me, he insulted my family sort of by accident, and you can guess how that went over, though I was so very polite.
It's not that I mind teaching here. And there's no denying it's useful, so long as I keep focused on the practical parts, the locational magics and navigation and apparition by coordinates. But it's not the same. Even helping out with other bits.
But the wards are a really useful thing, and you and Jeremy and Cecilia got so much of the Octoboros work, and at least I think now I'll be able to crack the earlier wards eventually. Some day. Real, useful work, that will make a huge difference when the time comes.
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Date: 2015-05-15 01:19 am (UTC)I used to drive Alcor completely up a wall. (That's my predecessor, and all right, it did take me years to stop calling him Professor, so I should be patient with you.)
He was a snake, but very differently than Alde was, and it took him forever to figure out how to convince me to do what he wanted without me getting stubborn about it. One of the first times he tried to talk to me, he insulted my family sort of by accident, and you can guess how that went over, though I was so very polite.
It's not that I mind teaching here. And there's no denying it's useful, so long as I keep focused on the practical parts, the locational magics and navigation and apparition by coordinates. But it's not the same. Even helping out with other bits.
But the wards are a really useful thing, and you and Jeremy and Cecilia got so much of the Octoboros work, and at least I think now I'll be able to crack the earlier wards eventually. Some day. Real, useful work, that will make a huge difference when the time comes.