Well, he'd learned from the best. It was quite an example to live up to!
Al waited patiently while Edmund mastered the text. And helpfully did not point out that he'd read it at two, becaue he'd learned that kind of thing could be annoying. Anyway, Edmund finished it in a perfectly respectable amount of time. Even without the added incentive of needing to murder bunnies for food.
"All is one, and one is all. When you can tell me the meaning of that, you're ready to begin learning alchemy." He smiled a little, not at Edmund, but at the memory of two young boys, who'd proudly announced their conclusion to their teacher. "Hey. You don't know any hand to hand combat, do you?"
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Date: 2015-08-18 11:48 pm (UTC)Al waited patiently while Edmund mastered the text. And helpfully did not point out that he'd read it at two, becaue he'd learned that kind of thing could be annoying. Anyway, Edmund finished it in a perfectly respectable amount of time. Even without the added incentive of needing to murder bunnies for food.
"All is one, and one is all. When you can tell me the meaning of that, you're ready to begin learning alchemy." He smiled a little, not at Edmund, but at the memory of two young boys, who'd proudly announced their conclusion to their teacher. "Hey. You don't know any hand to hand combat, do you?"