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[at_heart]

Who: LiliS + visitors
Where: LiliS Dorm
When: Day 460, post-game

[ Lost one, won one, processing and plans and updates and whatever! ♥ ]

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[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Giving a little smile of understanding in return. ]

No problem. It seems like knights is a loaded term for you and that's fair.

[at_heart]

Heh. You could say that.

[ Though he immediately thinks of Zari, and by comparison not at all. ]

...I, uh. Appreciate the patience.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Giving a playful wink since he can't nudge Lupine from atop his horse. ]

I've been told it's one of my best traits.

[at_heart]

[ ffff ]

—Yeah, well. If there's anything that's loaded for you... or, rather, when you figure out what is? I'll do my best to handle that at least half as well.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

I mean, the only one I've got isn't really old news and it's more or less something we have to figure out as we go...

[at_heart]

[ His smile slips a little, more curiosity. ]

Think it's the kind of thing where talking it out might help?

[ Horse elevator or tunnel or WHATEVER IT IS PRECISELY is happening, they'll be up and out on the streets soon! ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Well... it's more like I think the only way to settle it out is to do it. But it's kind of a long and slow wait?

[ Wait he's being weirdly vague. ]

... Figuring out a friendship with a former superior is odd.

[at_heart]

—Oh.

[ Man, he doesn't know what he was expecting, but. Hmmmmm. ]

The woman who's here from your world, right?

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Yeah. We agreed to be friends, found out we have a professional sort of relationship, and honestly I can't help but fall back into old patterns around her.

[at_heart]

[ A humming noise. ]

I'm guessing she's not a fan of that idea?

[wayofthehousekeeper]

She hasn't said anything yet... so I could be worrying over nothing.

[at_heart]

[ ...aw, Aster. ]

You should definitely make sure you're not actually already on the same page before you spend too much time worrying.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Laughing. ]

I'll try to bring it up. She's just a lady I respect a lot, which is weird to say since I'm just getting to know her both in my memories and here, but... it's a feeling I've had since that first memory.

[at_heart]

[ Grin. ]

Yeah, I — well, I can't say I know what that's like... but it makes sense to me?

[ Smallest pause— ]

Can I say again that if you wanna have her over sometime, I'd be happy to help out?

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Well, thanks for the support. I don't know how keen she is on visiting Lilis, but for now we've been meeting up a lot at the teahouse and that's been real comfortable.

1/

[at_heart]

[ He both does and doesn't like that?? It's a cute mental image, but... Lupine doesn't know. He supposes... he just wants to think of their dorm as feeling enough like home...

It's probably silly. ]

[at_heart]

Neutral ground? Or just... something familiar for you both?

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Familiar. One of my memories was in a teahouse belonging to her clan.

[at_heart]

There you go, then. That's probably the right way to go about it...

[ Now he's just lost in thought, trying to imagine being in this situation. ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Aster seems to be okay with this, his attention for a bit on the horse. ]

... Thanks for listening, anyway. If I feel like things aren't going to well, I hope you don't mind being my advice guy.

[at_heart]

[ Startled out of his thoughts, Lupine turns to regard Aster. ]

Well — I — yeah, of course. I don't... have any first-hand experience with this particular flavor of awkward social situation, but. Anything I can do...

[ Thinking. ]

I've been meaning to pay avante a visit anyway.

[ Who needs experience with the exact situation if he can make friends with Shirasagi? :|a ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ Laughs. ]

I know. But sometimes you don't always need a person to give you the exact advice from their own experience.

Sometimes what really helps is just having someone who'll listen.

[at_heart]

[ ..........he's so close to descending back into tsun, Aster. So close. ]

Yeah, well. You're — welcome.

[ M, maybe he will steer his horse towards the GROCERY STORE. They can pick things up, make this extra practical, have something else to talk about..... ]

—You mind if I grab a memory or two while we're out here?

[ This is a silly question, you've already indicated you wouldn't mind him buying memories around you, but. ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

[ It's his super power. ]

Oh- sure, go ahead. You really were thinking about taking a few?