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potterhead23
"Wow, I wish I could do stuff like that. Well, I guess I could if my dad ever took me to the beach. But my summers are OK, though. Dad always takes me with him on his trecks around Europe. He's an anthropologist professor, and he goes to Turkey sometimes on excavations. It's fun, I guess, if you like old bones and stuff... Lyra stopped abruptly and blushed, realizing that she had been rambling. She was sure Nathaniel, or Lasca or Mariel, for that matter, wasn't much interested.
Listening with interest, Lasca focused on what Lyra was saying.
"Turkey. Me and Papa have been there a few times. I love to travel. Antropoplogists? Pardon me, but what is that?" She made a mess of trying to pronounce the word with her accent. Blushing slightly she looked to Lyra for the answer.
Curiosity. It will be the death of me one day.