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[obomdoutor]

It's getting very dull in here.

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[gammabruce]

Something the matter, sir?

bruuuce 8)

[obomdoutor]

Hm, quite. I seem to have exhausted the local author shelf of the Portuguese section of my personal library.

I suppose that means it is either time to order more, or find a new hobby.

a hannibal! have some fangirl flails <3

[gammabruce]

That sounds like an impressive library. [Spoken with polite awe and maybe just a note of jealousy. He came to this bookstore often, but never purchased anything.] I suppose you could order more, or just branch out a little.

a nicer hannibal, anyways. :D

[obomdoutor]

Yes, I could. It is not as if the world is in short supply of literature. But I have been in the mood for cultural submersion since I'd moved to Argentina. I am hesitant to branch away from what the national authors have to offer. Of course, it is as simple as wandering to a local library and striking conversation, but I find it...is usually in my better interests to answer my own questions.

[In other words, he is not feeling comfortably secure enough yet in his and Clarice's grand escape to Buenos Aires to be joining a book club or getting himself familiar with locals.

Aside from a small university where he'd been giving part-time lectures on medical studies and anatomy, he was disinclined to put himself 'out there.']

[gammabruce]

[Bruce smiles, a tad regrettably. Despite moving here very recently, he's still not used to mingling in a populated area that could get him noticed.]

I can understand that. I'm a bit of a loner myself. I haven't had a chance to really explore the culture, yet. Sorry, I'm being rude--old habits die hard, it seems--I'm... Bruce Banner.

[The slightest hesitation; he's used aliases for so long his own name feels awkward. He offers his hand politely.]

[obomdoutor]

[The awkward is endearing, and appreciated. Hannibal does not hold many men in acquaintance, regard, or extensive conversation. Bruce's immediate social facade is a perfect sedative for Hannibal's subconscious related social anxiety.

He calmly extends his own hand to shake it, regretting that he must preserve his own alias. It always feels dirty to use on an honest seeming person.] Doctor Gideon Quinn.

[The flicker of a smile, polite, and not forced, simply a tad uncomfortable. He does his best, lately.] You aren't from here; what brings you here then? If I may ask. You strike me as a researcher of sorts. Perhaps a scientist?