That is right - I must remember to say "dating" rather than "courting" while we attempt to merge with the ways of this land.
[Yes, for that is clearly what shall give away his facade...]
But what is this you are saying? What reason has she for her heart to blacken so with fury? I am marking the anniversary of her birth with a splendid feast held at the rolling rink, which I am told is a hall suitable for such a celebration. Is this not special enough?
Indeed, for sport I shall host "roller skating," although of such a sport as this I know little. The hall boasts too the proper amenities for a game called "laser tag," which seems to me rather gruesome - one is made to hunt his friends as if they are wild boars scurrying through the wood!
As for the years of my own youth, no such anger did I harbor - indeed, my heart could not be lighter in those years I passed upon Mount Pelion with gentle-hearted Patroclus by my side, the two of us under the tutelage of Chiron, he who is wisest and noblest of the centaurs. Green as we were, we fancied ourselves lords of our own wild kingdom which stretched endlessly at our feet.
[And there waited plenty of secret nooks in which to clutch hands and steal kisses...]
Thus I hardly know what you mean with your "rebelling and shit."
[Worry not, for he arrived at the stage of teenage discontentment when he was made to crossdress at the behest of his mother. He more than made up for lost time then.]
It seems to me that the addition of wheels would make movement easier, would it not? [He pauses to reconsider then, for it is true that he knows little of what roller skating even entails.] Perhaps I might pull her along once she has gotten her feet in the wheels, that she may enjoy this game even so. I who excel in lobbing my spear from the chariot while its wheels churn the dirt should have little trouble with "roller skating," however foreign it is to me.
[ She's picturing all this, particularly Achilles going out there totally confident that chariots have prepared him for roller skating, and slowly the grin picks up. ]
Yeah. No, that's a great idea. Take her roller skating. It's gonna be a perfect birthday party. I get to come too, right?
Indeed do I hope that this "party" shall delight bright-eyed Sieglinde according to the customs of this land. Upon the banquet table shall be pizza and cake, foods that here are cherished, more than enough to sate all who come to pay respect and wish the girl blessing on her path to womanhood. You are welcome to join in such feasting and sport, and so too is Klim's son welcome - the two of you are among those whom I love best of all this crew.
Pretty fucking good! Out of all the worlds we been to so far, this one's the most like where we're both from. It's closer to his time, but I'll live. It's kinda fucking nice to be in a like-home place with him, you know? [ it's so... domestic....... and she doesn't hate it?? ]
How it gladdens my heart to hear that even upon these foreign shores, and in these dire times of plague, you and Klim's son have found a shadow of home. I cannot say that this land echoes my own dear fatherland so strongly - indeed, I tire at the end of each day, so heavy is the burden of learning the ways of this race, all to hold together this facade I must bear. Yet even so, to have my dear Patroclus by my side in the house that we share, I feel as though I have come home.
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[Yes, for that is clearly what shall give away his facade...]
But what is this you are saying? What reason has she for her heart to blacken so with fury? I am marking the anniversary of her birth with a splendid feast held at the rolling rink, which I am told is a hall suitable for such a celebration. Is this not special enough?
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[ a beat ]
Wait, did you say a rolling rink? Like, for skating?
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As for the years of my own youth, no such anger did I harbor - indeed, my heart could not be lighter in those years I passed upon Mount Pelion with gentle-hearted Patroclus by my side, the two of us under the tutelage of Chiron, he who is wisest and noblest of the centaurs. Green as we were, we fancied ourselves lords of our own wild kingdom which stretched endlessly at our feet.
[And there waited plenty of secret nooks in which to clutch hands and steal kisses...]
Thus I hardly know what you mean with your "rebelling and shit."
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For skating though... can she skate, do you know? [ doesn't she have that... walking thing....... ramir is not an expert on this child ]
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It seems to me that the addition of wheels would make movement easier, would it not? [He pauses to reconsider then, for it is true that he knows little of what roller skating even entails.] Perhaps I might pull her along once she has gotten her feet in the wheels, that she may enjoy this game even so. I who excel in lobbing my spear from the chariot while its wheels churn the dirt should have little trouble with "roller skating," however foreign it is to me.
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Yeah. No, that's a great idea. Take her roller skating. It's gonna be a perfect birthday party. I get to come too, right?
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And you got it, that's all the essential birthday shit. She's gonna love it.
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Forgive my rudeness in not asking sooner - how fare you and Sigma in this city of Woodhurst? Have you been well?
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Pretty fucking good! Out of all the worlds we been to so far, this one's the most like where we're both from. It's closer to his time, but I'll live. It's kinda fucking nice to be in a like-home place with him, you know? [ it's so... domestic....... and she doesn't hate it?? ]
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