12-07-2019, 01:59 AM
An important thing to note about Abathur: the written word was vital to how he consumed information.
Books were, essentially, his introduction to any sort of scholarly field, and life in general. Finding that copy of The Origin of Species had utterly changed his worldview, and after days of leading through the notes, he found himself with an insatiable hunger for more information. Information was king - and, frankly, he saw it as more important than the lives of those around him. Not that he had any ideas for experiments that would endanger those lives - which was lucky for them, he supposed. That was besides the point, though, and would likely stay that way for a long time, for Abathur had just hit the motherlode, a beacon of knowledge, a wealth of wisdom, a diamond in the ragged liminal swamps of Tanglewood that people rarely talked about (at least to him).
A library.
He found the building on one of his self-guided tours early on a chilly morning, rather glad to have a temporary shelter of some sorts, but upon entering he was left awestruck. A view that would leave a lesser being in tears (read: a being with tear ducts): books, wall to wall, rugged and aged, with what little light there was revealing a wealth of dust in the air. It was... perfect.
It was now afternoon, and Abathur found himself gathering a collection of things to read, harvesting titles with a strange mix of voracious need for the words contained within and delicate care and respect for the aged tomes. The stack was about five books high now, consisting of 2 different studies regarding evolution, an encyclopedia, a book regarding the diversity in spider habitats, and (strangely) a book titled "Botany for Beginners: From Aster to," with the last word scratched out beyond recognition (though one would assume it was a flower or other plant that started with a Z). Apparently this was not enough for him, as he continued to comb the shelves, reaching out his pedipalps to feel the weathered bindings.
Books were, essentially, his introduction to any sort of scholarly field, and life in general. Finding that copy of The Origin of Species had utterly changed his worldview, and after days of leading through the notes, he found himself with an insatiable hunger for more information. Information was king - and, frankly, he saw it as more important than the lives of those around him. Not that he had any ideas for experiments that would endanger those lives - which was lucky for them, he supposed. That was besides the point, though, and would likely stay that way for a long time, for Abathur had just hit the motherlode, a beacon of knowledge, a wealth of wisdom, a diamond in the ragged liminal swamps of Tanglewood that people rarely talked about (at least to him).
A library.
He found the building on one of his self-guided tours early on a chilly morning, rather glad to have a temporary shelter of some sorts, but upon entering he was left awestruck. A view that would leave a lesser being in tears (read: a being with tear ducts): books, wall to wall, rugged and aged, with what little light there was revealing a wealth of dust in the air. It was... perfect.
It was now afternoon, and Abathur found himself gathering a collection of things to read, harvesting titles with a strange mix of voracious need for the words contained within and delicate care and respect for the aged tomes. The stack was about five books high now, consisting of 2 different studies regarding evolution, an encyclopedia, a book regarding the diversity in spider habitats, and (strangely) a book titled "Botany for Beginners: From Aster to," with the last word scratched out beyond recognition (though one would assume it was a flower or other plant that started with a Z). Apparently this was not enough for him, as he continued to comb the shelves, reaching out his pedipalps to feel the weathered bindings.
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