...The bird was there for utterly different reasons, I swear.
[ He is not going to comment on the hat thing - to be honest, there was one. But he is proud of having Amons' garb, in one way. (In another, he's disgusted.) ]
No, that's not my dream. I told you - I don't dream like that. Besides - it'd be nicer to have a house somewhere even further from Garlemald. Not nice to fear your life.
[In return, she is not going to comment on the bird thing. She'll just... tuck that bit of knowledge away for another time, possibly to needle him with when Duris was back around and needed a good laugh.]
It's... no, it's a word, Nero!
[For all that she has worked hard to learn to speak properly in this era, her vocabulary is still sometimes limited. The idea of 'a figure of speech' is eluding her.]
Even if you don't do it, you... you do it. In a way. Don't you? You want things. Don't you?
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[ He is not going to comment on the hat thing - to be honest, there was one. But he is proud of having Amons' garb, in one way. (In another, he's disgusted.) ]
No, that's not my dream. I told you - I don't dream like that. Besides - it'd be nicer to have a house somewhere even further from Garlemald. Not nice to fear your life.
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It's... no, it's a word, Nero!
[For all that she has worked hard to learn to speak properly in this era, her vocabulary is still sometimes limited. The idea of 'a figure of speech' is eluding her.]
Even if you don't do it, you... you do it. In a way. Don't you? You want things. Don't you?
...would Mist be far enough away?