[...Is... is this guy speaking an entirely foreign language or something? Perne has to keep pausing in her reading to actually look up what a lot of these words mean. Such informal speech... It's difficult to tell what is supposed to be an insult or a compliment.
To be fair, some of the words are ones she's heard scattered around the Brume, but considering she largely stays away from that part of the Holy See, she has relatively sheltered from such casual conversation. Or contemporary wordage (in a world that doesn't have much contemporary about it in comparison to Lunatia).]
I confess that I never gave much thought to the concept of holding hands. I suppose it is true that different cultures could perceive that quite a bit differently. [Even her own, where holding hands is a sign of affection, for holding a hand is entirely different from being escorted on an arm. Which... gives her a magnificent idea. No one ever said she couldn't just hold someone's arm for moonlacing and if that's true, she literally can just have an escort take her around when she needs to do errands. Brilliant.]
I wonder, do you suppose you would provide an escort service? That is, if I had need to go somewhere and you were available, would you loathe it if I were to ask you to take me? [She means take her to wherever she needs to go. Not... to... literally... take her...]
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To be fair, some of the words are ones she's heard scattered around the Brume, but considering she largely stays away from that part of the Holy See, she has relatively sheltered from such casual conversation. Or contemporary wordage (in a world that doesn't have much contemporary about it in comparison to Lunatia).]
I confess that I never gave much thought to the concept of holding hands. I suppose it is true that different cultures could perceive that quite a bit differently. [Even her own, where holding hands is a sign of affection, for holding a hand is entirely different from being escorted on an arm. Which... gives her a magnificent idea. No one ever said she couldn't just hold someone's arm for moonlacing and if that's true, she literally can just have an escort take her around when she needs to do errands. Brilliant.]
I wonder, do you suppose you would provide an escort service? That is, if I had need to go somewhere and you were available, would you loathe it if I were to ask you to take me? [She means take her to wherever she needs to go. Not... to... literally... take her...]