Awakening Supports/Miriel Gregor

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Gregor:
Miriel! You want sit down with Gregor? Enjoy tasty cup of elderberry tea?

Miriel:
I am curious as to why you are constantly inviting females to consume tea.

Gregor:
Gregor is man, yes? He enjoys company of lovely maidens. What more is to tell?

Miriel:
Would you say women possess some attractive force which draws you to them?

Gregor:
Oy, yes. Miriel is very attractive! That is why Gregor offers tea.

Miriel:
That's not what I meant, but I suppose it's the best I'll get from a layperson. So then, what aspects make a woman attractive? Can you define them? I would very much like to quantify this phenomenon if at all possible.

Gregor:
You are using many large words. Gregor is...very confused.

Miriel:
It's simple: there must be rules governing attractive force and how it operates. If you are able to define the parameters, it should be possible to re-create them.

Gregor:
But every man is liking different thing, yes? Gregor speak for no one but Gregor.

Miriel:
Ah. So you claim it is impossible to arrive at a universal definition of attraction? But that would imply that there are contradictions in human nature.

Gregor:
Gregor is surprised brain does not ooze out of Miriel's ears.

Miriel:
Such a thing is highly improbable. At any rate, my life is devoted to meticulous research and rigorous scientific study.

Gregor:
Is sounding like barrel of monkey laughs.

Miriel:
Now, I believe you were offering me tea? Elderberry was it?

Gregor:
A-actually, Gregor suddenly busy! Urgent chore at...somewhere else!

Miriel:
Ah. Well, next time, perhaps.

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Gregor:
Hmm... Interesting. Gregor never thinks of that...

Miriel:
......

Gregor:
Ho ho! That makes you think.

Miriel:
Am I no longer interesting to you? As a female companion, I mean?

Gregor:
Porridge and pierogi! Why are you sneaking up on Gregor?!

Miriel:
The other day, you told me that a man such as yourself is drawn to attractive women. I was conducting an experiment to ascertain the existence of consistent rules. However, if I no longer possess such a quality, then the control group is flawed.

Gregor:
Gregor still thinks Miriel have lure like deadly siren! But, today, Gregor is being engrossed in very fascinating book. Gregor is embarrassed. Ignoring presence of beautiful woman is very shameful.

Miriel:
And what is this folio that was able to engage your attention so thoroughly?

Gregor:
Gregor finds it lying on ground at edge of camp. Is very, very fascinating. Gregor is not knowing of these rules and laws governing natural phenomenon. But this book makes it fascinating subject. Time flies by for Gregor!

Miriel:
Ah. I have been looking for that book, actually. It belongs to me. My late mother wrote it.

Gregor:
Oy! Ten thousand apologies to you from the tongue of Gregor, dear lady! Gregor did not intend to steal precious book from dead mother.

Miriel:
Quite all right. You couldn't have known.

Gregor:
No, is big problem! Gregor scribble many notes in margins of pages...

Miriel:
My mother would be pleased that you found her work so fascinating. And as for me, I'm just grateful that you found it. I thought it lost forever.

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Miriel:
Er, Gregor? May I have a word? Do you recall writing notes in the margin of the treatise my mother wrote?

Gregor:
You are upset because Gregor scribble nonsense things in book, yes?

Miriel:
No, not at all. It's just that some of your comments were most...curious. I was hoping you might have time to edify me on a couple of them. As a simple matter of scientific discourse only. Peer to peer, as it were.

Gregor:
Er, Gregor is confused. Did his comments not make sense?

Miriel:
Perhaps in this situation a concrete example would be helpful. See, here you deleted the phrase "that which helps establish the theory"...and replaced it with a single word: "experience."

Gregor:
Oh, yes, Gregor remembers that. Er, Miriel is not liking this edit?

Miriel:
No, on the contrary. I've been pondering this passage for some time in the belief it could be improved. But you have struck upon the missing link and dramatically improved the work, entire. I did not suspect you were in possession of such scholastic ability.

Gregor:
Oh ho! Is true. Gregor never go to class. Gregor is graduate from school of life!

Miriel:
I am unfamiliar with this institution. Are they accredited?

Gregor:
You want to know secret of life study? ...Do nothing. Is exactly what Gregor does.

Miriel:
I'm afraid I do not properly understand...

Gregor:
Gregor does nothing special. Gregor learns by watching life. Knowledge is natural. Like bird learning to fly or cat coughing up ball of fur.

Miriel:
How utterly fascinating...

Gregor:
Most people run like chicken with no head. Always thinking of next urgent task. But if you go slow and watch everything, you can be smart like Gregor!

Miriel:
Well, then. Food for thought. Thank you very much, Gregor.

Gregor:
Come back anytime! Gregor always ready to share knowledge with peers!

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Gregor:
Ah, Miriel. You have nose stuck in book again?

Miriel:
I've been thinking a great deal about our discussion the other day. I find it difficult to approbate the idea that one can learn without active study. Examining phenomena, research, postulating proofs—surely these things matter!

Gregor:
Gregor not saying books and sciencey things not important... Gregor just thinking there other ways of learning, yes?

Miriel:
No, I'm sorry. The idea just seems wholly without merit.

Gregor:
Hmm. Okay, Gregor makes example. How is scientist defining love?

Miriel:
Love?

Gregor:
Yes, you know? When two people are liking each other and want to make with the—

Miriel:
I am aware of the concept, Gregor, thank you. And as to your query, I would start by confirming observable behavior. For example, the culturally determined rituals in which persons in love engage.

Gregor:
Like the holding of hands, yes? Or the making of adorable kissing faces? ...Or the giving of presents? Like this?

Miriel:
...Ah, a ring. Yes, this is a concrete example of the ritual to which I referred. The male of the species presents this as an indication of his desire to marry. This would indeed constitute evidence of the existence of love.

Gregor:
Tell Gregor: can scientist Miriel explain what she is feeling right now?

Miriel:
Well, I have an elevated pulse, sweaty hands, and a nervous energy about me. I cannot, however, explain the reason for these sudden...thrilling phenomena. Tsk! This will not do! I must remain dispassionate and analyze the facts.

Gregor:
You see? This is being exactly Gregor's point. You do not allow experience to teach you. Everything analyzed like math problem. You must be silencing giant brain and listening to heart instead, yes? Many new experiences and discoveries is coming from heart!

Miriel:
I have never considered such a plan. But perhaps if I follow your advice, I will find a new world waiting to be discovered.

Gregor:
Listen to Gregor. Human heart is too wonderful to be understanding by stuffy theory. You must crawl inside and live there like small burrowing land mammal. Take Gregor's hand. Gregor can show how. We go on wonderful journey, together!

Miriel:
Is this possible? Dare I throw aside logic and embrace the wiles of emotion? Very well, Gregor. I will accompany you on this journey of the heart!

Gregor:
Ha ha! ...Gregor assume that mean yes?