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Jul. 7th, 2014 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
velocetteThe first dyes the royals used, indigo and purple dyes, came from mollusks. But since a mollusk is [he holds up two fingers, barely apart] tiny, they had to fish millions of them to put out anything to sell. The whole city reeked of rotting sea food...that's on historical record. I mean every city then--well hygiene wasn't like it is now, every city was coated in waste. Worse than now. So for them to point out Tyre and say that city reeked...?
[He has a point. He's getting to it. Slowly.] We don't have a chance to fish much here, so I'll have to get creative. [He has a pile of objects in one corner, which is sometimes visible , especially when he pauses to light a cigarette]
Harvey, I've got the fish. They seem happier.
I need deeply colored objects--scraps, trash, whatever--but I can't... [a wan smile] It's not something I can figure out. Can't tell which of these is blue. [Which is a hint at a certain someone.]
[He has a point. He's getting to it. Slowly.] We don't have a chance to fish much here, so I'll have to get creative. [He has a pile of objects in one corner, which is sometimes visible , especially when he pauses to light a cigarette]
Harvey, I've got the fish. They seem happier.
I need deeply colored objects--scraps, trash, whatever--but I can't... [a wan smile] It's not something I can figure out. Can't tell which of these is blue. [Which is a hint at a certain someone.]
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Date: 2014-07-08 04:11 am (UTC)It's funny, that for once it really does exist just the way I see it.
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Date: 2014-07-08 04:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-09 03:58 am (UTC)Look. We're almost seeing the same thing, Harvey.
[You don't understand how novel this is for him.]
Do you keep tabs on the ship?
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Date: 2014-07-10 01:32 am (UTC)Private;
Date: 2014-07-11 07:03 am (UTC)[If this seems like a gang leader asking for a report on the neighborhood, well, it kind of is.]
Private;
Date: 2014-07-11 11:44 pm (UTC)[ He doesn't watch the network like a hawk, really. ]
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Date: 2014-07-12 01:56 am (UTC)If you hear anything, give me a shout.
Have you found any fun lately?
[fun, to him, could be anything from a riot to learning to paint]
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Date: 2014-07-12 03:02 am (UTC)