[It just seems wrong to be going swimming in an unheated pool when there's snow on the ground outside... he's going to be an icicle, at this rate. Helena asked, so he's actually here and already changed into his student-store-acquired wetsuit, but he's still going to complain and stall a little, as is his wont. He's peering at the water and having vivid fantasies of when this was filled with lava.]
Couldn't we do this next week? It's just been Christmas... and finals... It's good to take breaks, right?
Helena, 12/26 you saw nothinggggg
Couldn't we do this next week? It's just been Christmas... and finals... It's good to take breaks, right?
[He's pulling out the stops like a pipe organ.]