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[In 304, a nun in an ash stained provincial dress and a half elf from the Times of Yore are crowded around a tablet propped up at the table. By the expressions ranging from serious to annoyed, some sort of argument has just taken place between the two of them.

Rosette is the one to address the network, as if proving a point in the simple asking.]

So! Hypothetically, if someone were going on a mission and needed to blend into the turn of the millennium, average working class crowd... what would you wear?

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[hyanaimne]

[the phrase makes sense, but . . . it's not something she's ever heard before]

Something . . . like that? I think. There is saying in my native tongue similar to that, but I cannot quite remember the exact way to say it.

[grooves]

[...Native tongue?

That's right. It's so easy to forget... no, it's so hard to grasp that they're all from different worlds here, speaking a million different languages.

And Shiki hadn't even heard of Daear...]

That's okay. You know what it means, which is the important part.

...I am a little curious, though. What's your native tongue?

[hyanaimne]

[Tempest smiles a bit]

Elven. [and then, it turns a bit wry] It is a bit obvious in the way I speak, because I don't know a lot of . . . slang? In this language.

[grooves]

[Shiki chuckles a bit, allowing the answer to sink in. But whatever language she may have answered, be it Elven or something else -- she can relate.]

Slang's hard. It takes time, but... I think you're doing just fine.

[hyanaimne]

[the smile turns to a grin]

I'm trying. I'm fluent enough, but there is a lot of modern terms I do not understand.

[grooves]

How long have you been practicing?

[If she had to guess, Shiki would say it's probably for about as long as she's been in Exsilium. New world, new opportunities.]

[hyanaimne]

Since I came here. I know the slang of my world well enough, but here it is . . . well, words I've never heard.

[grooves]

I run into those all the time anyway. [She chuckles a bit nervously.] But maybe that's just 'cause I'm... well, still in school and all that.

Or at least, I would be...

(If I had my normal life back.)

[hyanaimne]

Ah . . . I have read about this "school" . . . you are not taught at home?

[grooves]

['Read about' definitely sends signals that she hasn't actually been to one. Which is... weird! But maybe not a bad thing. Heh, maybe she should even be a little jealous that the girl never had to go.

She's not, though.]

Some kids are! But, not me...

[...]

Did your readings tell you what a school is?

[hyanaimne]

[she gives a shrug]

It did, but it is a strange concept to me . . . I was taught at home, by my parents and others in my village.

Though, I think my capital had one . . . at least, for the children born in the richer district.

[grooves]

[It all comes back to the money problem in the end, doesn't it...? Or at least, that's what Shiki got out of it. She gives a sort of nod in understanding.]

It's a good way to meet people and make new friends. But there really isn't anything wrong with being taught at home, either.

Did you like it?

[hyanaimne]

[she tilts her head, a bit confused at the explanation and question]

Yes . . . ? I preferred studying to most things in my youth. Though . . . my village was a bit small, so meeting new people was a bit hard to do.

[grooves]

[Shiki certainly didn't mean to confuse her, though she's definitely feeling that culture barrier again. She's leaning new things about new worlds, though... so that can't be a bad thing.

She looks thoughtful.]

I see...

But you did mention traveling, so I bet you met plenty of people that way.

[hyanaimne]

Ah - yes. I spent almost eleven years traveling, so I had the opportunity to meet a number of different people. [she almost said "honor", but no. No, it was not an honor to meet most of them]

[grooves]

[--!!

Her mouth hangs open for a bit as her eyes widen -- because eleven years. She can't even imagine what that might be like...]

Wow! Th- That's... That sounds a bit exhausting, actually... [She gives a sheepish laugh. She loves meeting new people, but...] Eleven years is... almost my whole life.

[hyanaimne]

No, it is exhausting. [not that she was a social butterfly or anything]

. . . just how old are you, if I may ask?

[grooves]

[...For a moment Shiki almost wants to ask how old she thinks she is. She'd be curious to know how she comes off, but she always hates it when people are secretive like that for no reason...]

I'm... fifteen. Though I guess sometimes I can act a bit younger.

[hyanaimne]

I thought you were a little older, to be honest . . .

I was fifteen when I started traveling.