Mags

July walked away while the door was open, but went back while the door was closed. He casually leaned against it, totally not eavesdropping.

"M'kay!" He left the office, and returned to the guy. "You can go in now."

"Yeah, a kindred spirit?" July asked lightheartedly.

"There's a guy here, says he needs to talk to you."

"Okay . . . I guess I'll go see if he's busy." Awkwardly, July put his tray under his arm, and started moving toward the back rooms. He gave them a glance. What had he said about being subtle!? This easterner would be the death of him (affectionately).

"Oh, he's in the back . . . in his office . . . doing important things. Can I get you anything?"

"Well damn," She said as she stepped down. "Alright then."

"No, because she does not want to be. You speak of a world where there is no negative stigma with the term, and people can be freely excepted as what they want to be. Then, you should respect that Eddie does not consider herself a nerd." "Going back to definition, a nerd is 'extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a particular subject, especially one of specialist or niche interest,' as I just said, Eddie could be a casual enjoyer of books and other media--being a nerd implies an extreme. Not to mention the 'one of specialist of niche interest,' part. If you know Eddie at all, then you know she has many interests."

@The Bookwyrm

"Yes, but if we push too far too soon, we won't get another chance."

"That's a good point, actually. Though, if you insist that everyone is a nerd, then what is the point of the term at all? If everyone counts as a nerd, then there is no point in insisting Eddie is a nerd, because it's already implied. Your quest to prove Eddie's nerdy-ness disproves your point about the universal nature of the term. The fact that we are having this argument means that your 'new era' is not as realized as you like." "Not to mention the definition of the term nerd implies obsession and intense interest, one can be a casual enjoy-er of a hobby--thus doing something with their free time but not qualifying as a nerd."

"I disagree, I think that a certain niche-ness is implied when calling someone a nerd. Why aren't people into sports, or makeup called nerds? Because it's mainstream and more socially expectable. Calling someone nerd is meant to be a form of asserting that that person stands out, or has weird interests. Harry potter is mainstream in the book-reading space, but not with the entire world. It's also a poor example, because Potterheads are weird and I don't like them." JM explained.

"Oh yeah, I remember that. It's worth noting however, that Arcane is a somewhat mainstream peace of media enjoyed by a very large audience. To use it as an example for Miss Eddie's nerdiness would be exaggerating the niche-ness of the show."

He his voice lowered as well, but he kept his body langauge normal to avoid suspicion. "Not at all, and she's working all day every day. The owner's pretty tight-lipped from what little I've talked to him."

"Yeah, sure," She said, standing and moving to the stand-thingy-podium-you-know-what-i-mean. She put her hand on the offered copy of Way of Kings "I swear to tell the truth and only the truth, unless I forget something then it's not my fault because I forgot."

July took mental note of what he heard. He approached after finishing up at another table. "What can I get you?"