“Ah, Professor Hart... I didn't see you there.” He did. And it did not matter. Whoever she was, he was still going to go that route. Sebni is anything if not practical, methodical, or just plain predictable. Turning his attention away from his roses, he met the woman's gaze with a smile. “A lecturing opportunity? What kind? Can't say I'm not interested.”
For the most part, it was highly practical, methodical, and plain predictable for the mutant with plant manipulation to be a professor of botany, but Seb was also well-versed in the field of English language and literature. A hobby mostly, sure, but he had plenty of lessons to share with whomever would like to hear them. Or had the time to indulge his ramblings. “I'd offer you tea, but we'd have to leave this place.”
She waves off the offer of tea; Sable's always been of the opinion that hot drinks for conversations like these are utilised by people who don't know what to do with their hands while talking.
"I've got some students that are interested in architecture in literature -- specifically impossible architecture, liminality, that sort of thing. Borges, Murakami, Danielewski. But literature's really not my area of expertise. Is that something you'd have any ideas about? It's all a bit... speculative for my area, but I think their interest is from the perspective of architecture, you know, when you encounter impossible structures in literature, how can we picture them, how can we imagine them, is it possible to evoke them in reality? They're a pretty practical cohort, and they're used to blueprints and so on. Imagining the unimaginable is an interesting challenge for them."
Sable rarely has space for literature in her syllabus, but she does want to encourage students to follow their passions, so a guest lecture on literature might be a good thing to keep them engaged.
