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[etudes]

[ So if you just happen to be walking through Luceti today, you might spot a girl sitting on the ground next to a tree at the side of the road. Her journal is opened in her lap, and it seems she's rather focused on reading it. See, there's nothing weird about that, but.. she's still wearing the New Feather dress and doesn't seem bothered or confused by the whole 'arriving in another place' ordeal in the slightest as long as she can read. In fact, she probably doesn't even realise she's not back home anymore, or that she has wings on her back. She's also turning the pages at a ridiculous speed, as if she needs barely any time to read a page. It looks more like she's skimming than anything else, but nope, she's actually reading all of that. ... Maybe someone ought to help her out.

Or you might run into her later during the day instead. If you're just standing somewhere around the village, you might find the girl staring at you for a long time, almost as if she's observing you long enough to decide something. After what is probably multiple minutes the girl might approach you a little hesitantly (she's making sure you're not a bully, okay, it's in everyone's best interests), only to quickly bow at you in greeting. ]

Hello. Bonjour. Guten Tag. Konnichiwa. Nihao. Salve. Hallo. [ Yes, she'll just start listing off 'hello's in almost every kind of language known to humankind to you. And if you don't cut her off, she'll continue until she has at least done it in 54 different languages. So better do something about that, yup. ]

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[rashness]

...Whoa! I got that too!

[Genuinely surprised]

Ossu- hi! [And he even gives a little wave. Despite them being right in front of each other]

[etudes]

Hello.

[ And she'll just wave back in exactly the same fashion even though they're close as well.. ]

It's very nice to meet you. [ now she seems to fall back into some routinized introduction. ] My name is Kotomi Ichinose. You spell Kotomi with three wonderful hiragana. When referring to me, please call me 'Kotomi-chan'.

[rashness]

...Okay, Kotomi-chan? I'm Rin.

[ Yeah. This. Is going great]

[etudes]

It's very nice to meet you, Rin-kun.

[ She bows a little. ]

My hobby is reading. Do you have any hobby..? [ PRIORITIES. ]

[rashness]

Uh I... read manga? Sleep? Cook?

[What is this situation...]

[etudes]

[ this is the smoothest conversation.. ]

But everyone sleeps, since it's vital for your bodily functions. Cooking is something a lot of people do as well, since food needs to be prepared for consumption for the same functions as well. [ Kotomi, this is not what you should bring up in a normal conversation.. ]

Although cooking could be considered a hobby by some..

[rashness]

Not everyone can cook well, you know! And if sleep's so great, tell that to my stupid brother.

[etudes]

Your.. 'stupid brother'? Does he not like sleep?

[rashness]

Yeeeah, I guess he doesn't. [Given he doesn't sleep much...]

[etudes]

That's sad.. Since everyone needs to sleep, so he would have to carry out an activity he doesn't like at all during anywhere from six to ten hous a day..

[rashness]

... Ten! See, ten is normal!

[etudes]

Ten is about the maximum you can sleep before it becomes oversleeping. In that case, you might slowly be taking on a sloth's habits. [ she means a sloth as in the animal.. ]

[rashness]

No way?! I still have all five fingers!

[Sloths have two, right?! He wiggles them at her]

[etudes]

[ She stares at them silently for a moment, before nodding almost thoughtfully. ]

Maybe it's just going really, really slow.. Like a sloth transformation would be.

[rashness]

What- there's no way that's true, is there?!

[etudes]

There haven't been any cases of sloth transformation before in the history of mankind, but there's always the possibility this might be a first case.

[ calm as ever. ]

[rashness]

[ ... !! ]

So I'm like the first?!

[etudes]

You might be. But don't worry, I'm sure you'll get very famous because of it.

[rashness]

I don't wanna be famous for turning into a sloth, I wanna be famous for becoming Paladin!

[And in fact, he takes a step back now, alarmed... actually who even is this girl again? ]

[etudes]

Paladin? Do you mean one of the legendary twelve peers of Charlemagne's court?

[rashness]

No? I mean the strongest Exorcist.

[etudes]

But that's what a paladin is. An exorcist is something else, since that would be someone who practices exorcism - the act, practice, or ceremony of expelling evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer.

[rashness]

That's only one way an exorcist can do it. They can also use swords or guns or some of them are even tamers. And I know what a Paladin in, my dad used to be the Paladin.

[etudes]

So your father was one of the legendary twelve peers of Charlemagne's court?

[ sorry, Rin, she's super bad at actually getting things communicated through to her brain.. ]

[rashness]

No? Weren't you listening?