Status Updates From The Mysterious Study of Doc...

“Don’t expire in a fit of hubris.”

Muir you beast

“He wasn’t prone to anxiety when it came to the big things. It all came out in bursts over the little struggles.”

'...although either way his success implies copper is more thanergetically permeable than we thought, which might have applications.”

No one asked him about the applications. He looked momentarily crestfallen...'

Aww Palamedes

'There’s a door next to the stairs, but you’ll need a maintenance code. Don’t worry—I memorised all the codes beforehand.” (“Of course you did,” murmured the Warden.)'

I miss these random asides in the locked tomb 🥹

'Archivist Zeta said, with an edged cheerfulness, “The King Undying resurrected us with eyeballs for a reason, children.”'

👁️

"...This close to the base of the Library the walls were very thick. Tectonic rumbles from the volcano that the Emperor Undying raised from death during the Resurrection would still reach this place."

These certainly are words

'The Warden and I had allergic reactions to the panel cleaner. He didn’t ask for a duty swap because he wanted to “study his contact dermatitis.”'

Relatable

"Add Sixth House soldiers at the peak of physical performance whose last exam was to memorise erotic poetry."

This series is so silly

"...He is a blessed creature and the only one with aptitude. This means he is unfortunately a shortarse and his siblings are all bigger than him or just about except for the three-year-old. Very trag."

😐

"If their poor kids even breathe loudly they are taken out back and summarily beheaded."

What

"If I hadn’t been his cavalier, I would have worked in data."

We stan brawns and brains? 🗡️🧠