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AHAHAHAHA THEY'VE BEEN SEARCHING THE SKYSCRAPER LKJFOIEJLKJFEKL

I am so fucking delighted by every moment of this part of the episode omgg!! Owen is SO annoyed at having these pests under foot, but Xanatos won't just let him kill them. In fact, Xanatos is almost definitely watching the camera feeds with popcorn, and the most entertaining part is watching the minute shifts in his assistant's expressions as this all happens.

AND OWEN WAITS UNTIL THIS MOMENT TO MENTION MACBETH. Owen didn't make a wild guess. Owen doesn't do that. Which means he's known this whole time, but he chose to endure his own irritation of having them messing up his place in order to increase theirs. PETTY AND MAGNIFICENT

I did NOT pay enough attention to Owen in the past. Omg. He's amazing Ahahaha!

What are the chances that Macbeth started with Xanatos, planning to try and obtain the scrolls in a legal way and assuming Xanatos may try to purchase them. It would suggest that Macbeth's money is too questionable to endure the kind of scrutiny of buying such an artifact, which is fascinating in its own right. But for whatever reason, Xanatos wasn't interested.

And of course, any such arrangements would be made by Owen himself. Xanatos really doesn't have to know anything about what's going on here this night. Maybe he's not watching, and despite the slight annoyance of them, this little petty revenge is enough for Owen to just let it play out.

So... you're taking the scrolls out on hold without permission hm? How fast are you planning to pick reading up? Ahahaha

<Three months later>

'Hey Elisa, remember those scrolls you were ordered to escort to the museum? Here you go.'

'That was a while ago. How did you go about finding them?!'

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AHAHAHA HIS EXPRESSIONS

Owen doesn't need to have the information the gargoyles want; he's thrilled that they think he does, and he can use information he doesn't even have to dangle over their heads and be unhelpful about.

Owen finds them SO annoying. It's such a thorn in his side that his boss has such a thing for them.

This has been Owen's highlight of the month, possibly year XDXDXD

It might be pedantic of me to point out that the tradition of oral storytelling actually did a lot of what Jeffrey is referring to here, but given that the only reasonable way the previous head of the clan didn't read, to people who are me, is that he comes from a tradition of oral storytelling. And Hudson truly does give me the vibe of someone who may be quiet most the time, but when he opens his mouth, he may have a good old tale to tell. Some really impressive stuff has been passed down through generations through oral histories.

That exception aside, I do really love Jeffrey's prose here. It is beautiful and mostly true, and passing along knowledge plays such a huge role in human evolution. In a time where oral histories aren't so common or used, it is important that Hudson learns how to read, and that starts with knowing the value of the thing and a certain appreciation (at his age). Also, reference the title!