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[onset]

[There's a face to the British accent this time, and a little more of his radio-voice flare to it this time. He looks cheerful enough, considering his last post.]

All right, so - with the slight chaos from two days ago, thought I'd celebrate the silence and pay a visit to the library. This is what what I found. [he holds up a book - Learn French in 15 Minutes - and puts it back down to open on a marked page] Since French is my second language, why not share some of this book's very wise lessons with you?

[Because it isn't something you'd really do, Peter. But the curse has a different say today, so there you go.]

For example - this is a good one - mon chat est plein de puces.

Who can tell me what it means?

[He sounds amused. Go figure.

(hover over the sentence for a translation!)]

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[trenchknives]

About a year, I guess.

[onset]

Oh - how much of the language did you manage to pick up?

[trenchknives]

Not a whole lot. I was kinda busy gettin' shot at.

[onset]

... Goodness.

[trenchknives]

What?

[onset]

[Well. He clears his throat.]

You don't really get a break, do you?

[trenchknives]

Well, I dunno, I guess not. Nobody enjoyed the war, I don't think.

[onset]

[Blink.] The war-?

[trenchknives]

Fuck, sorry, keep forgettin' we're not all from the same time. Yeah, the war. In 1917.

[onset]

Oh. [... oh.] Oh.

[That's. Okay.]

And I thought I was far behind.

[trenchknives]

When're ya from, again?

[That's not a question he'll ever get used to asking. Where someone's from seems totally normal. When they're from? Still bizarre.]

[onset]

[Not a question he ever thought he'd be answering, but here they are.]

It's 2004 for me. Or - was.

[trenchknives]

Right.

[He laughs a little.]

That still sounds pretty damn futuristic to me.

[onset]

I can imagine! Blimey.