What did Kleisthenes invent in 508 BC? The question was innocent enough---he had, after all, spent approximately three weeks discussing exactly that prior to this quiz. And yet---here he was, staring at a response that he could only describe as iconic ( not, of course, to be confused with ionic ).
fire.
Yes, Dr. Castiel Novak thought rolling his eyes in amusement, Kleisthenes invented fire. Perhaps he should have been watching where he was walking---the humanities building at the mid-western university had small hallways and accommodated far more faculty than it realistically should---perhaps he should not have been mumbling about the origins of democracy in the middle of the hallway. Perhaps a lot of things.
It was not his intention to walk headlong into a rather firm man who was barreling down the hall in the opposite direction. It was even less his intention for the collision to cause the man to spill his coffee. And yet---here he was, staring in mild shock, at mess of coffee and strewn quizzes on the carpet and at a pair of impossibly green eyes staring back at him.
“ Excuse me! I am terribly sorry. This... ” he sputters into some sort of an apology---an attempt to hide the furious pounding in his chest and the slight flush on his cheeks. “ Please allow me to help or cover dry-cleaning for your clothes. I should not have been so careless. ”
Kleisthenes may not have invented fire, but Castiel is more than willing to believe that, perhaps, this man had.
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