[ He does want to know the stories that kept her captivated as a child. What sort of things moved and built young Julia? Steve had been mostly shaped by Tolkien, and by Fitzgerald, later by Orwell and Hemingway. Yet, in the same way that his most treasured books are those that sparked his imagination and kept him company as a child, and they seemed to be alike in that respect. ]
Could I read to you?
[ They might both be a little too old for this, but he's always found it soothing. He doesn't have his mother's calming voice and soft breezy lilt, but instead, a steady voice, like a gentle stream. He does have hopes that it might lull her into a sleep, that she might be able to have pleasant dreams for a night. ]
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[ He does want to know the stories that kept her captivated as a child. What sort of things moved and built young Julia? Steve had been mostly shaped by Tolkien, and by Fitzgerald, later by Orwell and Hemingway. Yet, in the same way that his most treasured books are those that sparked his imagination and kept him company as a child, and they seemed to be alike in that respect. ]
Could I read to you?
[ They might both be a little too old for this, but he's always found it soothing. He doesn't have his mother's calming voice and soft breezy lilt, but instead, a steady voice, like a gentle stream. He does have hopes that it might lull her into a sleep, that she might be able to have pleasant dreams for a night. ]