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Are we truly on the moon?
[ She sounds curious, curious enough to ask again but this time to the network now that she's been given proper instruction on how to work it and the device given to her. Lucrezia's already asked both her mother and her brother, but asking network-wide means making friends. ]
Has it always been this bleak? We see it high up in the sky, unable to ever touch it. It shines down light should we happen to lose our way—and this is how it really is? What a lonely place to be.
And space—God’s light must not reach far.
[ It doesn’t make sense. It shouldn’t be possible. Yet here they all are. And she'll put behind her the chaotic welcome she had been greeted with, monsters and carnage, death littering the corridors a week ago. ]
I cannot help but think that space is a far darker world than that of Rome.
[ But how could such a thing even be possible? ]
[ She sounds curious, curious enough to ask again but this time to the network now that she's been given proper instruction on how to work it and the device given to her. Lucrezia's already asked both her mother and her brother, but asking network-wide means making friends. ]
Has it always been this bleak? We see it high up in the sky, unable to ever touch it. It shines down light should we happen to lose our way—and this is how it really is? What a lonely place to be.
And space—God’s light must not reach far.
[ It doesn’t make sense. It shouldn’t be possible. Yet here they all are. And she'll put behind her the chaotic welcome she had been greeted with, monsters and carnage, death littering the corridors a week ago. ]
I cannot help but think that space is a far darker world than that of Rome.
[ But how could such a thing even be possible? ]
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You may. Koujaku. But only if I may ask first the meaning behind yours.
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The meaning? Well, my mother once used to listen to a red sparrow sing under a tree. She was so inspired by the bird and its kindness, charms, and red feathers, and she named me after it.
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Koujaku. [ She tries the name again, slowly letting it roll off her tongue. ] Is that another name for a red sparrow?
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Perfect, and yes. The way it's written, the characters, it can mean red sparrow.
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In what language is this, dear red sparrow?
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Japanese. I'll write it out for you.
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The first character means deep red and the second means sparrow.
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That's... wonderful. [And Lucrezia means it.] I have never seen such characters before.
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Or maybe I can teach you first hand how to draw such characters.
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That's your name, but some might call you by another name.
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And... what's that one?
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You can think of it as the start of our friendship.
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Our friendship began, dearest sparrow, the very moment you spoke to me.
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Still, it gives me us a reason to meet and see each other again. Maybe you can teach me something in return so it can be a mutual learning exchange.
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[she kind of hopes they do meet, but after her initial arrival and the monsters Lucrezia isn't quite sure she wants to leave the safety of the room she shares with her family. ]
A man of your wisdom, you might already know of what I could teach.
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But like a sparrow who sings, I'll come find you when you need a song to hear.
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