Editing Lawrence Bristow (section)

==Personality==
He admits that he is greedy and enjoys wealth.<ref>[https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/15 Outgoing Call]</ref>He comes across as easily distracted, both in the short-term (rambling on unrelated topics) and the long-term (getting caught up in new projects and ideas constantly.)<ref name=":0">“What’s up?” Raquel asked. “You guys smell like blood, you know.”<br><br>“Maybe eat, nap ''and shower'',” Lucy murmured to Verona.<br><br>Avery talked while walking backward, “I wanted to ask, you’re a magic item collector, right?”<br><br>“I got some training.”<br><br>“Was that training with Bristow? Or was Kass’s?”<br><br>“Uhh… yeah? I awoke at ten, spent a year with family, got training with him for a year after. Families as big as mine find it useful to have at least one person with the know-how for magic item handling in-house. Why?”<br><br>“Trying to figure out how things connect here,” Avery said. “How was it?”<br><br>“He rambles, but he’s a good guy. Knows his stuff. If you end up studying with him, either as an apprentice or as a student in classes here, be prepared for him to get distracted for chunks of time. When I was apprenticing, it was new tech, errands, passion projects. Try to keep asking what you should be working on next, so you’re ready if he forgets about you for a bit.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/27 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.1]]</ref> He pretends to be a harmless long-winded blowhard, but is actually quite cunning and ruthless when you scratch the surface.<ref name=":1"/>He tries to keep it low-key that he's originally a [[Collector]],<ref name="6.3 a">“And of course, a certain school founder hears about it and collects her,” Verona said, glancing at the table.<br><br>“Funny you say ‘collects’,” Raquel said. “It’s not something he advertises a lot, that he’s a Collector. Why do you know so much about him?” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/11/03 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.3]]</ref> although he's been known to tutor his allies in the practice.<ref name=":0" />He has a habit of collecting titles, both petty and major.<ref name=":1"/>
===Relationships===
[[Alexander Belanger]] is his deadly enemy after Alexander stole the [[Blue Heron Institute]] from him and ruined his attempt to set up another school.He worked with [[Charles Abrams]] in the past, who disliked him.<ref name=":1">“And get away from Lawrence. I knew him a long time ago.” Charles managed to both growl his words and make an expression like someone had just put a daub of dog crap on the tip of his nose, and he couldn’t do anything but move his face.<br><br>“It feels like you’re all connected.”<br><br>“Not commenting on that. But I knew the man back before the mustache and tweed. Before he collected people. He was always an asshole who thought clever and pretty words hid the repulsive parts. Always bullish, always ambitious. Because he wants to collect titles. Landlord, professor, lawyer, other ones.”<br>[...]<br>“You knew the faculty of the Blue Heron?”<br><br>“I wasn’t part of their inner circle, but I worked with most now and then. I did custom work for custom jobs.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/20 Excerpt] from [[Back Away 5.5]]</ref>He tutored Raquel and Kass in [[Collecting]]. Raquel likes and respects him, despite his distractibility.<ref name=":0" /> He has also tutored several children in spellbinding, the binding of human beings, many of whom attended [[BHI]] in the summer of 2020.
===Reputation===
*He's considered a world-class practitioner at the same level as [[Rad Ray Sunshine]] and [[Marie Durocher]].<ref>[[Cutting Class 6.3]]</ref>