"No such thing, I assure you. I leave my domain open and public permanently, you can come in here any time."
There are ways people can 'close' their domains or lock spaces, and he does have two locked spaces in here. His personal study, when he needs to focus or keep more private information in, and the basement area that he designed for him and Yennefer based on their history. It is a nice spot for them to reminisce and lean on each other, talking safely. Other than that though the lights are always on here. Istredd doesn't oversee it outside of noticing when new books have been added or new spaces.
"I'm a scholar, a researcher, an archaeologist, a historian. All very book-heavy." They are connected, but many of them are topics branched out into different things that interest him. Istredd loves knowledge, he has a hard time picking one or two things, outside of monoliths and now the Singularity. "But I became that because I love them, yes."
If he didn't love knowledge and books, he would have ended up being a court mage or doing something else with his time. There were options for mages, but everyone knew from when he was young where it was headed. Istredd finds the things most people think are boring to be fascinating.
"Nothing else that exists can just ... transport you to someone else's mind and history. Instant connection regardless of time in between or differences."
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There are ways people can 'close' their domains or lock spaces, and he does have two locked spaces in here. His personal study, when he needs to focus or keep more private information in, and the basement area that he designed for him and Yennefer based on their history. It is a nice spot for them to reminisce and lean on each other, talking safely. Other than that though the lights are always on here. Istredd doesn't oversee it outside of noticing when new books have been added or new spaces.
"I'm a scholar, a researcher, an archaeologist, a historian. All very book-heavy." They are connected, but many of them are topics branched out into different things that interest him. Istredd loves knowledge, he has a hard time picking one or two things, outside of monoliths and now the Singularity. "But I became that because I love them, yes."
If he didn't love knowledge and books, he would have ended up being a court mage or doing something else with his time. There were options for mages, but everyone knew from when he was young where it was headed. Istredd finds the things most people think are boring to be fascinating.
"Nothing else that exists can just ... transport you to someone else's mind and history. Instant connection regardless of time in between or differences."