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[galateaed]

ngaaaaah i'm gonna go stir crazy at this rate
anyone got chores or something they need help with?
i can clean and do laundry, but i can't cook unless ya really like burnt stuff
or, i found a little bit of sewin' stuff, so maybe i could make a couple stuffed animals on
whaddya call it
commiseration?
...but i guess there ain't no real point to money here so
it could just be a favor or something!

i just really need to do stuff other than walk around all day lookin fer stuff that ain't even here...

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[galateaed]

nnah i don’t got a single clue how to do that
might be kinda cool to learn tho!
bein’ able to keep something dead lookin nice forever like that is pretty amazing!
…mm but it’s hard to picture teach liking it, or calling it art…

ah! but anyway! i was talking ‘bout stuffed toys
y’know, like teddie bears, that kinda thing

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

[Ah, the sort of things you give to spoiled young masters when they're children.]

I have yet to encounter anyone who was not far too old for such trifles.

[galateaed]

well i seen a buncha people 'round my age
so maybe some a them'll want one :)
specially since we're stuck in a creepy place like this... havin' something comfortin' like that might help 'em feel better

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

"Your age"? I haven't seen anyone under thirteen. I had no idea there were children running about.

[galateaed]

[Ahh, now Mika knows what he’s getting at. And here he was hoping this guy just happened to only run into oldies.]

yeah yeah only babies like toys and cute stuff
sure never heard that one before
if you think yer too grown up for ‘em fine, i just won’t make ya one

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

Yes? Is that not what such things are for? Even wealthy young masters don't have time to be playing around after a certain age. Either they are studying or learning to run their household, and young ladies are looking to make good matches.

[galateaed]

well i dunno what things're like where yer from, so i can't say nothin' about that
but it ain't like stuffed animals get less cute or cuddly when yer older
and far as i see it, it's when yer stressed or lonely or whatever that it's nice to have stuff like that to cheer you up
if anything, workin' a lot is a reason to keep 'em, not throw 'em all out

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

They are profoundly different from this world. And the worlds of others, too, as I am learning.

Where I am from, holding onto such trinkets into adolescence and especially adulthood would be viewed as a sign of weakness. When reputation is everything, and the jackals are scrabbling for any foothold to tear down others and raise themselves up, one tends to do away with toys and trinkets as soon as possible.

Perhaps a particularly spoiled second or third son with a reasonably secure family situation could get away with such, but it seems this young gentleman is from a world where sentimentality is not such a rare commodity?

[galateaed]

[Mm, yep! That's a lot of complicated language that requires a few re-reads before he gets the gist.]

guess so? i mean, 's not like everything's fine an' dandy back home
but you know yer world better than me so
if that's how it sounds to ya, yer probly not wrong

...so do ya want one fer while yer here?
ain't like anyone back home's gonna find out about it

1/2

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

No, I'm not a child.

2/2

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

[But he does know someone who is softhearted and grew up in a world far gentler than his own who would probably very much like a little toy, just for himself.

The disgruntled little 'tch' Binghe makes is audible from orbit.]

Fine. Can you make a small, white cat with a green ribbon?

[galateaed]

[Good thing they're doing this over text because Mika absolutely feels like he just won and his triumphant over it would definitely not help.]

'course i can! i'll work extra hard on it even~
oh, what's yer name btw? so i know who to give it to

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

[Luo Binghe can sense he just got beat by a kid and he's going to be in a tetchy little huff about it all day. Time to go clean the apartment for the 40th time! Feel his wrath dustbunnies!]

That is very kind.

This one is Liu Feiyu. However, if you intend to stitch a name onto it, it should be 'Shen Yuan'.

What would the young man wish for in exchange for this service?

[galateaed]

nice to meetcha~ i'm mika kagehira
so ya want this for a friend of yers? that's real nice of ya!

oh right. um. hrmmm...
i dunno tbh, there kinda isn't anything i need right now? since everything's free here anyway

[alloriginalheavenlypillar]

He seems the sort who would enjoy such things.

If there is nothing now that you need, then consider this Liu Feiyu in your debt.