35. What activities do they enjoy, but consider to be a waste of time?
Technically, anything that doesn't further a project or a skill--or meet a basic need, Beetee interjects--is a waste of time. Eibhlin is quite good at making rationalizations about what constitutes furthering a project or developing a skill. For example, she would categorize all those walks in the woods as flora and fauna research, even after they start being more about spending time with Claudius. And the days by the lake are technically about reading, at first though they descend into naps and flower crowns quickly. Lake afternoons are probably the biggest technical waste of time. Eibhlin can't bring herself to label them that way, though--Claudius is too much like a basic need, at that point.
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Technically, anything that doesn't further a project or a skill--or meet a basic need, Beetee interjects--is a waste of time. Eibhlin is quite good at making rationalizations about what constitutes furthering a project or developing a skill. For example, she would categorize all those walks in the woods as flora and fauna research, even after they start being more about spending time with Claudius. And the days by the lake are technically about reading, at first though they descend into naps and flower crowns quickly. Lake afternoons are probably the biggest technical waste of time. Eibhlin can't bring herself to label them that way, though--Claudius is too much like a basic need, at that point.