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My book club's 'serious' debate about a fantasy novel totally fell apart last night
We were supposed to discuss the moral choices in 'The Priory of the Orange Tree', but it all went sideways when Carl brought a homemade mead he called 'Dragon's Breath'. One sip and our moderator, Linda, started passionately arguing that dragons are just big lizards and shouldn't have feelings in books. This led to a 45 minute fight about whether fictional creatures can have souls, complete with someone pulling up a Wikipedia page on medieval bestiaries. I tried to steer it back to the actual plot, but then Dave said the mead tasted like 'regret and honey', and the whole night just dissolved. Has anyone else had a book club meeting completely derailed by something this random?
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