He leaves it on the table; he'd offer a light, but he's got one hand flat against the table where he's leaning on his forearm, tucked near his chest, the other busy with a fork. And maybe he doesn't feel like bothering summoning a flame.
"It quoted the Aeneid." Smiley. 'Smiley', including quotes. Severus hates that stupid name. "I was always more about practice than history, and never managed to memorize the whole thing." A slight shrug, again. "But I remember highlights - the Trojan horse seems unkindly relevant."
(If he's going to tank the mood might as well do it in style.)
"There's a passage I could never forget. Aeneas's father speaks to him about prophecy, and of leaving the underworld. 'There are two gates of Sleep, one said to be of horn, whereby the true shades pass with ease. The other all white ivory agleam without flaw. And yet false dreams are sent through this one, by the ghosts to the upper world.'"
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"It quoted the Aeneid." Smiley. 'Smiley', including quotes. Severus hates that stupid name. "I was always more about practice than history, and never managed to memorize the whole thing." A slight shrug, again. "But I remember highlights - the Trojan horse seems unkindly relevant."
(If he's going to tank the mood might as well do it in style.)
"There's a passage I could never forget. Aeneas's father speaks to him about prophecy, and of leaving the underworld. 'There are two gates of Sleep, one said to be of horn, whereby the true shades pass with ease. The other all white ivory agleam without flaw. And yet false dreams are sent through this one, by the ghosts to the upper world.'"