So to have her throw it all back at him ... it made him wonder about himself. Maybe she was just mad at him for trying to explain Peregrine. She would like Peregrine if she let herself; he was sure of it. But then again ... maybe his ideas just weren't that good, at least by comparison with humans'. That thought left him pretty low. But he finished redrawing the diagrams, and even got some new ideas. Maybe he should get some more silkpaper. Peregrine stopped by and persuaded him to go into town. Jaqueramaphan had made up a dozen explanations why he wasn't participating in the sessions with Johanna anymore. He tried out two or three as he and Peregrine descended Castle Street toward the harbor. After a minute or two, his friend turned a head back. "It's okay, Scriber. When you feel like it, we'd like to have you back." Scriber had always been a very good judge of attitude; in particular, he could tell when he was being patronized. He must have scowled a little,
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复件 (29) air max1, that collaboration was so easy for humans that they learned and built much faster than packs could. The only problem with that theory was Johanna Olsndot. If Johanna was a normal human, it is was a surprise that the race could cooperate on anything. Sometimes she was friendly -- usually in the sessions with Woodcarver. She seemed to realize that Woodcarver was frail and failing. More often she was patronizing, sarcastic, and seemed to think the best they could do for her insulting.... And sometimes she was like last night. "How goes it with Dataset?" he asked after a moment. Peregrine shrugged. "About like before. Both Woodcarver and I can read Samnorsk pretty well now. Johanna has taught us -- me via Woodcarver, I should say -- how to use most of Dataset's powers. There's so much there that will change the world. But for now we have to concentrate on making gunpowder and cannons. It's that, the actual doing, that's going slow." Scriber nodded knowingly. That had been the central problem in his life too. "Anyway, if we can do all that by midsummer,
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