Did you? Good to know Ortus the Ninth contains multitudes, then. [or,] I spoke to him about poetry, mostly.

[Is he ignoring the part where he personally is definitely one of those 'unlearn what they knew' people, yes... maybe so... that's not him, he doesn't need to do that, gosh no. Ahem. Instead he leans to give Viktor a very scolding nudge for the sports teams comment; be nice, he's tender.]

Sure, I'll have a look. Is the sixth day of the sixth month too on the nose? Let's assume that day until proven otherwise.

[narrator voice: they would not be proven otherwise]

So: what am I getting for my special squid birthday?