Ah, I understand. I'm the same way. [Surprising, perhaps, given the way he dresses, but. Kaveh doesn't shut up about architecture either so maybe not so much.]
[Yeah!!! Sometimes you just want to fool people into thinking you're happy and successful when you are neither of those things.]
Oh--no, I don't care about things like that. Debates and presentations and such are common at the Akademiya. [He just doesn't really seek attention or fame or anything.]
[We really need to do a depression chart of some kind because apparently there are SO MANY people here who have depression? Hello? LOOKS AT ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO NEED THERAPY.]
I'm not sure if I would call that an academic debate necessarily... Are you a professor?
It certainly wasn't. But he'd never survive in the Akademiya anyway. [Alhaitham's an egoist and an asshole but at least he debates his position instead of just being a shit about it] A professor? Oh, no, I'm an architect. I give lectures sometimes, but not all that often.
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Kaveh nods, though, understanding.]
Ah, I understand. I'm the same way. [Surprising, perhaps, given the way he dresses, but. Kaveh doesn't shut up about architecture either so maybe not so much.]
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Look. He gets it. Sometimes you dress like this, but you do not want the spot light on you. You just want to look pretty. Sue them.]
You must have had a time the other day then. When Mr. Rang forced you to hop right on stage in front of the rest of us.
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Oh--no, I don't care about things like that. Debates and presentations and such are common at the Akademiya. [He just doesn't really seek attention or fame or anything.]
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I'm not sure if I would call that an academic debate necessarily... Are you a professor?
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It certainly wasn't. But he'd never survive in the Akademiya anyway. [Alhaitham's an egoist and an asshole but at least he debates his position instead of just being a shit about it] A professor? Oh, no, I'm an architect. I give lectures sometimes, but not all that often.
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[Not that he thinks Rang can win a debate of anything.]
Ah. Do you enjoy it?
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As for the question--]
To be honest, it's miserable more than it's not. I don't recommend going into it. But I've built my life around it.
[sometimes you both love and despise your job]