A shrug, before Ellis' head tips back, slouching further into the water. If those serials had existed when Ellis was a younger man, maybe he'd have chosen a different line of work to pursue.

Assuming, of course, certain other events had never come to pass.

"I am still a great reader, when I have opportunity," Ellis answers the ceiling. "Tethras' serials...I'd have liked them better when I was younger."

Like most things, really.

"Did they make an impression on you?"