The Legend of Aftri

Padua is where you sort of go to study medicine, isn't it? It's an era of big advances being made, but still very much a classical human. He asks brilliant scientific questions: Why do dogs gladly sniff each other's arses? Dara admits that he flitted from things that are too much. We like the idea of a genius having these flurry of ideas coming from all directions. But if he'd knuckle down into a wood, could he genuinely make something of himself?

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