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[faeshim]

[daeshim's mouth is set in a serious, almost grim line. but in his eyes, there's a curious light.

...and in his purple hair, a leaf. that looks like it hasn't seen a brush in a couple of days.]

People ask a lot of questions here. I also have a question:

Which would you pay more for, sex or a kiss?

Comments

[text] un: midnightrose

[infernaltouch]

wouldn't the answer be sex? I mean kisses are effortless, and sex requires some labor kinda????

So like...you'd want to compensate them for that, right????

[faeshim]

what about the people who just lie there? that shouldn't require much compensation. if anything they should be paying you.

preferably in kisses.

[Text] un: god.of.death

[maxwellsdaemon]

might get some flack for this, but I stand by the Pretty Woman rule.

kisses cost extra.

or not at all. kisses are intimate. payin for sex is just a fuck, nothin more.

[privatechat]

Why don't you just believe what I say?

[faeshim]

intimate...

this exactly!

thank you, pretty woman! you may call me daeshim.

[faeshim]

Because it's wrong. That's why.

[privatechat]

It's the truth.

[faeshim]

Not my truth. Bet it's not true for everyone else either. So I'm gonna ask everyone until I find out.

[privatechat]

People pay me for sex all the time. No one would pay me for a kiss.

[faeshim]

Ha! See, I told you! I told you! You said no one, but I'm someone!

[privatechat]

You didn't pay for any kisses either! So!

There.

[maxwellsdaemon]

cute, but no. names Duo. Pretty Woman is a movie. About a hooker.

i've known street workers who go by the same rules. never kiss. kisses are for the one you love.

[faeshim]

I only want what's freely given now.

But humans have a thing about money...the more you're willing to pay for something, the more valuable it is.

[faeshim]

duo, then. i'm still daeshim.

where can i see this movie?

[Video] : un: flower.girl

[ancientflower]

If you don't mind me asking, why are you paying for either? I don't think I would pay for either of those things. I'd reserve them for if and when I find someone I wish you have a relationship with. Someone I love.

Sex or kisses are meaningless without feelings, surely?

So what are you paying for?

[privatechat]

Now?

That is how value works.

[maxwellsdaemon]

nice ta meetcha, daeshim.

who knows in this world? its from back in my world.

[faeshim]

...I don't think i would pay for those things either.

[and it makes deashim feel a little better for someone else to say that, honestly.]

They're valuable, aren't they? They're worth...something.

[faeshim]

Mm.

Then how does it work?

[ancientflower]

I would say they were beyond valuable, they are priceless.

[Aerith gives a gentle smile, a little tilt of her head, concern in her green-eyed gaze.]

Why is this bothering you so? Is someone attempting to buy those things from you?

[faeshim]

oh

[is he disappointed? a little. but he feels like his point was still made.]

but kisses really can't be bought, right? because kisses are better than sex. hookers are smart.

[privatechat]

I was saying that's how it works. The more money you can get for something the more valuable it is.

[maxwellsdaemon]

less a matter of value and more a matter of compartmentalising.

payin for sex is a service rendered. kissing is... personal. you can have sex without feelings but you can't kiss without feelings.

you won't find many street workers who'll go all out like that.

[faeshim]

[daeshim stares at her, his expression unchanging except for a soft blink that might be more telling than he realizes. she's pretty. more importantly, there seems to be a kindness about her too.]

It's bothering me because...I think kisses are better. If I had to pay for one or the other, I would buy kisses all day.

Only there's someone I know who disagrees. And maybe he wouldn't sell me a kiss.

[faeshim]

You kissed me. You did, and I didn't pay for it. Does that make it worthless?