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Egon Spengler ([personal profile] pkemeter) wrote in [personal profile] neverstudied 2019-09-10 07:45 pm (UTC)

[Egon gently squeezes Venkman's hand back, though he still looks somewhat perturbed.]

I believe it is a combination of factors. In another lifetime, I may have been able to accomplish much more had I not been "distracted" in my studies.

[Throughout all this, despite the subject at hand, Egon has maintained his clinical and dry-cut speech patterns. Whether or not he's doing this out of reflex or to shield his own emotions is...uncertain. But when he says "distracted", there's a hint of underlying venom that accompanies the word.]

And yet I find myself, for the lack of a better word, enjoying my current endeavors much more than if I had maintained my prior trajectory. But prioritizing happiness over scientific merit is-- [....] --it is something I have...been taught to look down upon for quite some time.

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