Listen, it’s not that I necessarily WANT to be tased, [even though he definitely 100% said that he wanted to] but one has to wonder what it would feel like. It’s not like it can kill you.
[Yes, Gansey, it definitely can.]
I sort of thought this was a normal thing to be curious about.
[A smile spreads wide and far across Gansey's face at the mention of knights. Beware, Ryuji. You are dangerously close to unlocking his special interest.]
It's Latin. "Ever upward", or perhaps "onward to greater things". [He shoots Ryuji a glance, still grinning.] Like ramen.
[Phew. Look at that. You're safe from having to hear about--
[Haha, just kidding.]
Though its earliest recorded origins date back only to the late fourteen hundreds, early fifteen hundreds - a poem recited to King Henry VIII of England. As far as I know, the poem from which it comes was recited by a bishop, not a knight, but that isn't to say that they didn't use it.
And it does have a lovely ring to it, doesn't it? Excelsior! You see?
[ well, he wasn’t expecting the history lesson; and while he has absolutely no clue what Gansey’s talking about, Ryuji can’t help but share in his enthusiasm even a little bit while the boy gleefully infodumps to him. but now he's even more aware of the fact that he's hungry and that the promise of ramen is just within reach. they should probably hurry along before Ryuji perishes.
Ryuji laughs a little—not so much at Gansey, he just finds something about this kind of amusing. ]
Well then, first we gotta “excelsior” to the train station. [ he's slowly making his way to the door. ] Let's go, dude!
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