"Ah." Eliot can't help feeling a little disappointed at the Jack's answer, and he knows he looks it. Fortunately Jack is too distracted by the information in the brochures to look up, and by the time he's managed to wrangle both the papers and his hat (looking adorably overexcited), Eliot schools his expression into something neutral.
"Yes, that's what you'd need the card for," he explains, looking over the text that Jack's indicated. "I know it's all rather ghoulish, having that just show up with your image, but I'm afraid if's fairly essential to modern life. Of course in normal places you know, you go to a city office and have it made but I suppose Darrow can't do things without being dramatic." He rolls his eyes, thinking of his own picture. He'd get it out to show Jack, but honestly being here in a modern world again makes the kingly garb feel a little costumey and embarrassing.
And pirates aren't traditionally friends with royalty, he supposes. There's that.
"Anyway it's a basic proof of residence and identity, and if you bring it back in to the library you can register for a free membership card and they'll lend you books and things for...two weeks? Maybe longer if you ask for a renewal on the loan period. There's usually a small fee to pay if you return them late but it's nothing too dire." Eliot sighs, and looks around the space. "Without that you can still come in and read here, of course, but there's...not much else to be done."
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"Yes, that's what you'd need the card for," he explains, looking over the text that Jack's indicated. "I know it's all rather ghoulish, having that just show up with your image, but I'm afraid if's fairly essential to modern life. Of course in normal places you know, you go to a city office and have it made but I suppose Darrow can't do things without being dramatic." He rolls his eyes, thinking of his own picture. He'd get it out to show Jack, but honestly being here in a modern world again makes the kingly garb feel a little costumey and embarrassing.
And pirates aren't traditionally friends with royalty, he supposes. There's that.
"Anyway it's a basic proof of residence and identity, and if you bring it back in to the library you can register for a free membership card and they'll lend you books and things for...two weeks? Maybe longer if you ask for a renewal on the loan period. There's usually a small fee to pay if you return them late but it's nothing too dire." Eliot sighs, and looks around the space. "Without that you can still come in and read here, of course, but there's...not much else to be done."