( it's not like he hasn't noticed — burned up rules, scars left behind by flames, raining ash... there are plenty of hints, and he's suggested as much before. felt they wouldn't have left such an impression on that side if they weren't significant on this one. thinking it over though, a change in the students' behaviour since then? )
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( he makes a bit of a face, hand brought up to his chin as the last conversation he had about this comes to mind again. he hadn't thought as much of it at the time, but— )
They changed the rules since then, actually. They used to be the same ones that you had when you taught here, but those ones looked like they'd been burned away, and they're different now. ( a pause, glancing back up to his monster friend. ) What do you think?
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( it's not like he hasn't noticed — burned up rules, scars left behind by flames, raining ash... there are plenty of hints, and he's suggested as much before. felt they wouldn't have left such an impression on that side if they weren't significant on this one. thinking it over though, a change in the students' behaviour since then? )
...
( he makes a bit of a face, hand brought up to his chin as the last conversation he had about this comes to mind again. he hadn't thought as much of it at the time, but— )
They changed the rules since then, actually. They used to be the same ones that you had when you taught here, but those ones looked like they'd been burned away, and they're different now. ( a pause, glancing back up to his monster friend. ) What do you think?