[There were some students at the Akademiya who had learned of his birthday, and insisting on making a disgustingly sweet cake to celebrate the occasion. He has no idea why they would bother, still, but it's not as if they know the truth of his existence.
If they did, they would know that there is nothing about him being brought into the world worth celebrating.
But to Solomon, with the way he says that, it's easy to just take it as the grouchy grumblings of someone who doesn't enjoy socializing. It doesn't have to be any more complicated than that, and there is still a spark of truth to that, too.]
It seems like a waste of time, but there have been people who insist despite my protestations.
[It's very hard to tell Nahida "no", at least, largely because the goddess never listens to him.]
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[There were some students at the Akademiya who had learned of his birthday, and insisting on making a disgustingly sweet cake to celebrate the occasion. He has no idea why they would bother, still, but it's not as if they know the truth of his existence.
If they did, they would know that there is nothing about him being brought into the world worth celebrating.
But to Solomon, with the way he says that, it's easy to just take it as the grouchy grumblings of someone who doesn't enjoy socializing. It doesn't have to be any more complicated than that, and there is still a spark of truth to that, too.]
It seems like a waste of time, but there have been people who insist despite my protestations.
[It's very hard to tell Nahida "no", at least, largely because the goddess never listens to him.]