Max smiles as he takes it out of his protégé's hands. Well, Jack isn't technically Max's protégé, but...
He settles the box down on the table and begins lifting some things carefully, reverently even, out, laying them on the table with great care and attention.
By the time Doris walks back in, he's basically done. There's a mix of things on the table, from photographs to a couple of books (very well read, by the looks of it), to what looks like a couple of chunks of rock, to some old scrolls.
Doris just stares.
"Okay," Max begins. "It's time to talk about this. It's time to talk about my research, what it means, the implications for the world around us and what we're going to do about it." He's mainly looking at Jack for the last comment.
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Date: 2013-05-02 11:21 pm (UTC)From:Max smiles as he takes it out of his protégé's hands. Well, Jack isn't technically Max's protégé, but...
He settles the box down on the table and begins lifting some things carefully, reverently even, out, laying them on the table with great care and attention.
By the time Doris walks back in, he's basically done. There's a mix of things on the table, from photographs to a couple of books (very well read, by the looks of it), to what looks like a couple of chunks of rock, to some old scrolls.
Doris just stares.
"Okay," Max begins. "It's time to talk about this. It's time to talk about my research, what it means, the implications for the world around us and what we're going to do about it." He's mainly looking at Jack for the last comment.