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[softlyfalling]

[ —and she bursts out in a short few peals of genuine laughter. ]

I didn't even notice!

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[forgottenmercy]

[demurely] I was, ah, wondering when you would.

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[softlyfalling]

I should have guessed you had it in you to be that light-fingered, but I never thought about it.

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[forgottenmercy]

I, ah, usually do not make use of it. [takes off the scarf and offers it back to her]

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[softlyfalling]

[ she takes it back from him, and loops it back around her neck. ]

You've truly got many talents.

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[forgottenmercy]

I have, ah, lived a...strange life, it seems.

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[softlyfalling]

.......that's certainly a way to put it.

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[forgottenmercy]

Would it, ah, help to know that I am not actually good at...practical skills?

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[softlyfalling]

I don't think I'm envious, just—well, I don't think there's an end to your surprises.

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[forgottenmercy]

One of my, ah, unitmates was surprised to find out that I cannot cook.

I wonder if that is, ah, more or less surprising than...this.

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[softlyfalling]

...it might be more surprising to people who aren't from home, maybe.

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[forgottenmercy]

Who, ah, probably have to know how to cook.

...and do I, ah, seem like someone who would know?

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[softlyfalling]

I get the impression that those whose genders are considered to have a delicate disposition often are expected to do care work, in other places...

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[forgottenmercy]

They would, ah, not be wrong, in my case. Though I was...expected to be more ornament than practical.

Though it, ah, is terribly odd that in other places, women are expected to be...delicate...and do care work.

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[softlyfalling]

Mm, and it seems very strange things are expected of women? I mean, really, I suppose it depends on how traditional your nation is, at home, but it seems a little exploitative, what I've heard described.

But they're strangely free in other ways...

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[forgottenmercy]

...a lot of, ah, what is expected of them is...familiar.

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[softlyfalling]

Not that I think it's good to treat any gender like that! But it's just really jarring to see people talk about like it's accepted so easily. Like how briefly girl idols are expected to dress.

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[forgottenmercy]

It, ah...is very jarring, yes.

I was, ah, reading a history book, and it...is just so...[he does not understand]

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[softlyfalling]

It all seems very odd, but then again they probably think that about us?

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[forgottenmercy]

That is, ah, most likely true...

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[softlyfalling]

...I was never very good at being like I ought to be, but then again, it doesn't sound so good to be a woman from anywhere else, either.

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[forgottenmercy]

...it, ah, does not, no...

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[softlyfalling]

...except maybe where Cardigan's from? But I get the sense that the balance of power is just centered on other things.

Maybe it's just that power's the problem.

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[forgottenmercy]

Power and, ah, hierarchy are always the problem...

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[softlyfalling]

I... don't mind a little hierarchy, to be honest, because, well, having people to organize others isn't bad, I think.

But also, really, it's hard to find people who use power wisely, isn't it.