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Way to keep the tone up, guys.
"What's this thing? The... drag a era list? Sounds painful."
"It's pronounced 'Dra-GAH-ra'"
"Oh, like that's real obvious. So, what do you talk about?"
"Books by this guy <*holds up book*>"
"<*reads*>: 'Orca, by Steven Burst'.
"It's "*Brust*, dammit."
"Sorry. He writes about whales? Why's there a microdragon on the cover?"
"It's not about whales. And that's a jhereg, not a dragon."
"OK, whatever. So what do you talk about?"
"Uh. Guys with swords & Hungarian & shit. And magic & shit.
Parodies of French adventure novels & shit. Vampires &
weapons that suck the souls out of people's bodies & shit.
Real badass warriors & sorcerors & goth necromancers & shit.
Marxism & writing & shit. You know. All kinds of shit."
"Oooo-kay. Got it."