Illiterate Iliad
Prompt: "Illiterate Iliad"
From: KI (guest)
Words: 237
The Doctor sighed, turning to Donna to make a grimace. She laughed at the affronted look on his face and shrugged. His response was a pout, followed by another small sigh.
"'Iliad' is spelled with one 'l'," she heard him correct.
Donna tuned out of the conversation once more, partly because most of it was the Doctor pointing out Homer's mistakes and partly because she wasn't a part of it. She was only in the room because the Doctor had insisted on it.
Any other time, Donna would have felt sorry for the Doctor, having to correct every single one of the man's mistakes. But it was his fault. He had been the one who had mocked Homer's storytelling abilities. He had been the one who had said he could point out at least a thousand grammatical errors. Really, he should have known better. And now, thanks to his penchant for offending people for no reason, they were stuck in Homer's home for the next few weeks, maybe even months. And it wouldn't have been so bad, really, if he would just focus.
And not overly insult their host.
Donna returned to the conversation at hand, only to realize that nothing had changed.
The Doctor was still standing over Homer's shoulder, still with a bored look on his face, and still pointing out every single one of the man's mistakes in his first draft of the Iliad.
No offense to Homer intended.