Audience: Yuri Leclerc

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It'll be fun. Like a potluck? We'll each bring a few things and we'll do a tastetest.

[but they nod.] I like other things, too, but those are the ones I'm best at and I like spending time on. I've never thought of making my own jewelry but I like singing, too.

[wow. hilda is incredibly valid actually. but they hum to themselves at that.]

Birds are cute...they always sound so pretty and have the best colors anyway. I've never owned a pet bird or anything and I'm not big on birdwatching but they're nice to see.

[this time, they laugh.] Are you asking about me or what I like?

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Sounds good to me. What do you rate pizza, on a scale of one to ten anyway?

[ hilda's perfect. ] ... Mm. They have choir practices at the weekends but it's not really my thing. Other than that it's just the usual battle or tactics oriented classes, and sometimes we take care of the horses or pegasi if you draw the short straw.

[ hmmmmmmmm. ]

You, but you can answer the other one as well if you like.

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An eleven? But only if it's really, really good and while it's still hot. And you make it sound like taking care of animals is a bad thing. They seem sweet.

[lust has possibly never interacted with a horse in their life. but hmmmmmmmm.]

I thought you knew this whole time I'm a girl, Yuri. [teasing, but there's your confirmation.]

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Eh. I'm not great with them? Never really been able to get the knack of being comfortable on horseback, that kind of thing.

[ he's working on the second pinnnnnk coat now. ]

Better to confirm than assume, right?

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I've never really tried it, but it always looks so easy. Guess it's not. But traveling on foot sounds tiring, too.

[they wiggle their fingers again, just a bit.]

I wouldn't mind so much if you assumed anyway, but I get it. And now you know!

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Are you somewhere you can't really go horseriding? It's... pretty much the only way to travel long distance where I'm from. Unless you're on the ocean.

[ the nails are coming together. ]

And now I know! [ now to come out swinging? ] What's your real name?

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It's not really common, no. Maybe out in the country but I haven't visited a place like that.

[but...they point with their free hand, index-finger out.] Objection! Lust is my real name.

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You're from the city then?


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he just gives her a flat look. but he'll allow it. ]

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Yeah. Is that so surprising?

[:3]

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[ stop i am trying so hard to think who it is ]

... I'm just trying to think what a big modern city must look like. Even our cities can accomodate horses, after all.

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Has anyone taught you what cars are yet? Or trains?

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that's a no, lust! ]

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...um...what about a carriage?

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[ recognition! ]

Yeah, I know what a carriage is.

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Good! A car is kind of like a carriage, but it moves without horses. It has an engine, and you're the one actually controlling where it's going unless you have a self-driving car or something.

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[ he just imagining horseless carriages now and it's kinda weird. ]

And those replaced horses, these uh.... self-driving car things? Or not self-driving car things.

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Between those and trains, yeah! People still ride horses but usually out where there's a lot of space, or at a stable. They're pretty expensive to own, too.

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That makes them sound like more of a pet thing.

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They are pets! Unless you live on a farm or somewhere rural or something.

[aubins]

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Wow, that's a pretty big departure from back home.

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What's the city you live in called, then?

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Hm...when you can reach a few other places, I'll tell you then. Okay? It'd be more fun to show you.

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There's somewhere here that can do that? ... Not Amaurot the simulation room?

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Kinda! I don't like using the simulation room to bring it up because it's not really the same. And it's just sort of sad.

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... Because it's too absorbing, or...?

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Yeah. And because I miss it sometimes, so it's dumb to make it happen when I can't eat my favorite things or really be in all my favorite places.