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[Lunatia's resident centaur lady is back on screen, starting out her post with her customary bow and smile.]

Hello, everyone! It's been a while since my last "post", I feel like there's probably so many new people here now...

My name is Konoha... If you don't know me yet, I'm a jinba... Or a "centaur" if you want! ... I'm from Tateyama in Japan, but lots of people say I'm from the past or that jinba don't exist, so I guess that's not very helpful? Anyway-

[She twirls the camera around, giving a panoramic view of the bucolic Tsurugi Farmstead and a large palomino centaur working in one of the fields before coming back to her face after she accidentally focuses on her front hooves.]

My husband and I run Tsurugi Farmstead in the Greatmoon Groves, and we're hoping to hire a few more extra hands to help out during harvests and planting! Which, um... Happens way more than I'm used to in my world, so...

[No one point out why that might be...]

You don't have to have experience farming, but you do need to be willing to work hard. It's not easy to work the earth, you know! It wouldn't be an every day sort of job, just a few days here and there throughout the month, but we pay in chroma money at the end of each day. And on days you work, you can take home a small basket of the harvest for yourself, and I'll provide lunch for free!

I guess I should use this chance to say that we also deliver, if you're looking for fresh vegetables and rice for yourself or your own business! Or you can find us on weekends at the green market... Wait, I feel like I'm forgetting something... Oh!

[As if remembering, she pulls out a piece of paper from the bear pelt tied around her "waist", checking it with a squint. Right-]

Also, my neighbors said I should mention that everything we grow here is... "organic". Apparently that's popular!

Thank you for your time, everyone! If you want to sign up for work or you have any questions, I'll answer you here, okay? And if you know where I can find a priest or priestess to bless the rice fields before planting, let me know, please!

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[The benefits (misfortunes?) of an existence that in some ways blended human and equine... Jinba were considered mature and full grown earlier than humans would be- and so Konoha speaks with the confidence that “at least twenty” isn’t that young... But she knows now that a lot of worlds didn’t seem to consider people adults until at least eighteen, and didn’t even let people work or marry until even older...

It’s still weird to her, but she knows enough now not to call it that. It was just... different, and hard to imagine.]

Ehe, I guess I’m more like Legosi, then...

[She takes her own tea and blows on the surface a bit to cool it, cradling the hot cup in her hands as she laughs at her own little joke. (How king had she known Gonta before she asked him to marry her? Three months?)]

But I think I understand what Haru means, too... If you have time, and you’re doing those school things and don’t have to be thinking about working or family... I guess it would be nice to just spend lots of time together, even though I guess I don’t know what “normal” couples do...

[“Dates” apparently... ?]

Like... you go to festivals together? I guess that’s what most people do if they’re courting where I’m from.

[Look, there’s not a lot to do......]

You're not going out and getting yourself caught up in fights, are you?

[Because that's what Legosi does.

It's strange, though, because she never really has this sort of opportunity. To be able to sit down with a fellow female and talk about her relationship. It's not like she has many friends back home, just casual decent acquaintances and classmates in university she's able to sit with...though she's been cut out of one group ever since that accidental predation incident.

All she's ever had was herself. And surely, being alone with her thoughts like this does a girl no good.

She returns to her cup of tea, blowing on it this time to cool it down a bit more.]

We don't. Back home it's actually pretty difficult to get a hold of him a lot of the time. [Her ears flap downwards, and though her tone is light she actually does sound pretty serious and thoughtful by the context of her words.] He actually proposed to me back in highschool. But what kind of guy proposes to a girl, and then doesn't even spend time with her during couple's holidays?

[Fights... !? Sir, why are you fighting???]

A- Ah, maybe I'm not like Legosi, then... ?

[Because there isn't a violent bone in Konoha's entire body, nor is she the type to take on more than she can handle when it comes to dangerous situations as long as there wasn't someone's life at stake. Pride? What was that? She'd run the other way with her tail between her legs if she had to.

But maybe Haru just means Sanguis? ... Or not, maybe she means in her own world.]

Doesn't your world have the phone things?

[Even with those she can't get a hold of him? That makes Konoha's head cock to the side curiously, wondering if she's missing some sort of technological reason.]

If he proposed already... does that mean you're engaged? You should definitely take your fiancee to festivals...

[Couples holidays, whatever! ... So, maybe Konoha rarely had the chance to talk about relationships either, having spent most of her life the only jinba amongst humans, not to mention being too busy working and helping her aging parents to even consider courting until Gonta had actually come to her workplace. Since coming to Lunatia she's had a few experiences, though, and... They were kind of fun.

Or sad. Wait- Was this one going to be sad?]

[He fights because that's just what Males Do. Though actually there are reasons why he seems to find himself caught up in these kinds of situations...between the Shishigumi and the animal that murdered their classmate...

But it only drives home the fact that there isn't much she can do for him, and as much as she hates seeing him hurt and accumulate more and more scars, all she can ever do is sit and watch the aftermath.]

We do have phones, but he's such an old man about them! I actually don't even know if he has one anymore, because he's gotten rid of his phone once before.

[It's easier to talk about this, at least. Even if she feels petty griping about it to a happily married woman.

She sits back a bit more on her heels, and her ear flicks again to convey her annoyance.]

I don't consider myself engaged or his fiancée. Sometimes it doesn't even feel like we're seeing each other. [She sets her tea down, and grabs herself a dumpling. Maybe she just feels annoyed because she hungry, so she lets herself have a bit, chewing and looking straight at the sunken hearth.] Sorry, you probably don't want to hear all this.

[Another bite of the dumpling, then after, said a bit more calmly.]

...These dumplings are really good.

[Almost as though she's trying to change the subject from her bout of brooding.]

[Someone from one of the "future worlds" who didn't use the phones... ! Konoha actually releases a sound half confusion and half weird admiration? that someone could be like that in a world full of technology they actually knew how to use. She had an excuse, she wasn't from a time like that!

Though if she tried to think about it... If she was from a world like that, where you could just message people whenever you wanted and responding didn't mean actually moving anywhere or making much effort at all...

It would be pretty annoying not to get a response, huh?

This time Konoha actually just listens for a while, waiting until Haru takes one before she picks up a dumpling for herself, savoring the earthy, herbal taste of the mugwort softened by the sweet bean paste, chewing and intent on being a good hostess and not speaking with her mouth full... but she definitely took a big bite and mochi takes a while to chew, so-

She just holds a hand up over her mouth to hide the sight and talks anyway.]

You know... Gonta never says enough, too! When I confessed to him... He said he'd wanted to ask me to marry him the whole time, but he just decided it probably wouldn't work out and didn't say a single thing! Not one thing, the whole time we worked together!

[Is she... trying to let Haru feel better about complaining by complaining a little herself? Yes, yes she is, and it's probably a bit obvious in how there isn't really much frustration in her voice and her tail is... kind of "wagging" beneath her skirt, flicking back and forth in anticipation for Haru's reaction instead of acting on her own.

... So she's not good at it, but, it's the thought that counts.]

[The thought does count, even if Haru does notice the telltale sign of Konoha's tail flicking back and forth. She may not be familiar with horses, and knows each species of animal has their own meaning when it comes to body language (feline tails and canine tails vary very differently, for one), but she can tell an anticipatory gesture when she sees it.

But Haru never has a chance to vent about males. Louis knows how Legosi can be, but he's also a guy and an ex at that. Juno is still someone she's very much on the fence with in terms of where they dynamic is. And beyond that...she's never had many female friends move past acquaintanceship back home, or at least in a way where she'd feel comfortable talking about the male wolf in her life who drives her crazy.

So this...is kind of nice. It feels normal.]

So Gonta is the large, strong and silent type of guy? Isn't it usually the male who asks a female for their hand in marriage, too; especially in the olden days? [She snorts a bit.] I hate it when guys assume and decide things without even asking the girls in their life what they think. Legosi does that too...decides something without ever telling me about it.

[She pops the rest of the dumpling into her mouth. It's a large bite, and it takes her a bit to chew.]

Very strong. Very silent.

[Look, she's talking to a young lady who is also a rabbit about her boyfriend who is a man but also a wolf, and they're in a weird planet far from home... Nothing about this normal, but it's kind of normal and that is good enough for Konoha at this point.

She may not have any actual desire to vent about her husband's behavior, but in this sort of situation it seemed like it could let Haru feel more comfortable being honest about things, and if that were the case...]

It's really unusual, yeah... But- I had to, right? Because if I didn't say anything... He would have just gone back to the mountain and died alone there one day without ever saying a single thing or asking anyone to help him at all. So I had to, you know... take my skirt off and ask him to make me a woman of the mountains.

[She can maybe manage to try and dramatize things a bit. ... Actually, all of that was true, but. Look- It worked!]

I hope Legosi isn't trying to go die on a mountain... ?

[Haru said fights, but...]

[She's still chewing (politely!!) as Konoha talks, because she has a strange habit of sometimes taking bites that are much too large for her mouth to handle at times. It could be a nervous habit, a tick of the usual nervousness that naturally encompasses a small rabbit body, or just emblematic of the kind of girl she is.

Someone small who takes on things that seem much too large for her. And, honestly, she's not feeling nervous at all. In fact, it's incredibly peaceful talking to a fellow female, about anything. Be it their work or boyfriend-- husband, in Konoha's case-- troubles.

Or...petty annoyances.]

Jeeze...strong, silent, and stubborn. [and it's a good thing she does swallow her food before the mention of stripping as a means of confessing. Haru does snort though, hand to mouth as she coughs.]

Y-you what? That's a bit dramatic! [an ear flick, and she thinks back to the technically-second-time she met Legosi and...well, she can't talk about taking clothes off in front of a male unprompted.

But! Situations are different!] D-did he take you up on that offer?

[stuttering to keep in her laughter, as she hides her mirth a bit behind the rim of her cup.]

Honestly...I wouldn't be surprised if Legosi does wind up in a situation where he could possibly die on a mountain. He's not trying to die at all, but I think because he's a large carnivore he does things where he doesn't think about possibly dying. [a bit more seriously, unintentional, but it just feels...so nice to finally be able to talk to someone in this way?] I feel like large and strong males sometimes don't think much about their own safety, which bothers me because I can't really help.

[Look, after all the things Konoha has done in her life, she's the last person who can judge a woman for biting off more than she chew. Or put in her mouth.]

Yeah, all three...

[Yet even as she tries to complain that her husband is strong, silent, and stubborn... the tone of her voice sounds like she might as well be saying "strong, handsome, and protective". Something that would explain why she doesn't actually look truly angry.

She manages to blush a bit for her own antics, though. Dramatic... !]

W- Well, he married me, so...

[He did take her up on it. Technically they hadn't made it to the mountains yet, since they'd been pulled to Lunatia, but she's counting it. And she can't just let Haru thinks she strips for fun or anything-]

But- But the skirt thing, that was just because... I wanted to prove I could be like a mountain jinba! Gonta told me that they don't wear any clothes on their lower halves, like we do in the human villages, so... I don't know it just seemed like... it would prove something...

[Look, it worked, and that's what counted! What Haru says about Legosi though...]

I get what you mean... I think when men are big and strong and they're raised right... They get it in their heads that they have to be the protector. And that's good and all, I mean... if Gonta hadn't protected me I'd probably be dead, but... you worry, right?

[Her fingers curl around her tea cup, pushing down the reminder of that terrifying moment to focus on Haru instead.]

Is there really nothing you can do? Even if we can't fight or whatever... I think there are things we can do.

[By the "offer" Haru meant more on...the whole being "made into a woman of the mountains" idea which, to her, is a lot less matrimonial and much more carnal. But she hums in acknowledgement as she continues to drink her tea, the temperature a lot better now with time.]

So that's why he doesn't wear pants, huh? [Less an actual question, more just conversational observation.] At least you put thought into your proposal...

[Her voice trails off. And she's quiet as Konoha continues, gaze going from the jinba back down to the hearth. It's not normal for a prey animal to continuously hold another's gaze for all that long, unless the animal in front of them feels dangerous. It's another sign of her comfort here, one she doesn't think much on but simply just does.]

Mm...I do worry. Legosi is the reason why I'm still alive, but he always seems to find himself in really scary and dangerous situations. And I never find out about them until after they happen.

[It's frustrating. Doubly so when he acts so distant in the interim.]

I don't know what I can do when he gets that way, except just promise to stay strong and wait which still feels like I'm not doing much. [She's definitely grown as a person, come to understand what it means when another tries to see things on her level, but even still...] I'm just a rabbit. You may not be able to fight either, but you're still strong even compared to me.

Horses are really strong herbivores where I'm from, and you have sharp teeth too so you're a carnivore on top of all that. [Again, observational. Conversational. Though her inner thoughts are telling her to stop short, that maybe she's putting her foot in her mouth again.] My body isn't like that. I'm small for my species with a body made to die.

[Look, if they got married, they... got carnal, okay! She's just not sure if she can call herself a woman of the mountains properly until she actually lives in the mountains, even if she's, um. Had. A man of the mountains.]

Yeah... They don't think about clothes like humans do out there...

[So that's why! It's normal... It's okay... But it isn't okay for their men to run around being foolish like they sometimes do! (Apparently, like Legosi was doing way more than Gonta was doing.) Unconsciously, Konoha leans a bit more towards Haru, lowering the curve of her upper spine to bring her a bit more on the same height as she listens, brow furrowing in concern.]

Haru isn't just a rabbit... Haru is just a rabbit!

[Okay, that might make more emotional sense than actual sense, but that was Konoha's first reaction, shaking her head to deny the more negative things the other young woman was saying about herself.]

And you aren't made to die anymore than any other person!

[She understands that Haru is referring to the divided... herbivore and carnivore thing that her world seemed to go by, she's heard bits and pieces from her, from Louis, from Legosi, from Juno... But she may not fully realize how deep things go. Either way, she can't accept it. Especially not here, when they had a chance to see something different.]

You just have to find a way to get through to Legosi and make him understand that just because he wants to protect you... He can't do that if he's always away doing dangerous things!

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