(Text; UN: aloof)

[mourningjade]

Shameless.

(This Lan has passed judgment on you, Jikan. Now await your punishment.)

My arm would seize before I could give enough lashes.

(Actually it would fall off. Even with his endurance!)

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[faeshim]

and a...what was the phrase you used? soulmate?

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[mourningjade]

I do.

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[faeshim]

and it would really bother them if someone else saw yours? even if they already know you have one?

[he's really not trying to back him into a corner or anything, he's genuinely curious about these things.]

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[mourningjade]

I cannot say. You would need to speak with him.

We have...an understanding in this world. Sometimes intimacy cannot be helped. I would not hold it against him.

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[faeshim]

it's strange. it's strange.

[he'll be thinking about this for awhile.]

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[mourningjade]

Explain.

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[faeshim]

the birds don't care. the rabbits don't care. the deer don't care either.

in the forest, nobody cares.

there are some things where only humans seem to care. i want to figure these things out.

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[mourningjade]

(Speaking of deer, please disregard his antlers and fuzzy ears/tail. Ahem.)

We are not animals. We have self-control. We have shame.

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[faeshim]

then it's better to be an animal, than to be ashamed of how we're born.

i'm not ashamed. you should not be either.

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[mourningjade]

To not show myself in public is proper. To keep myself clothed save for when I am with my soulmate, that is how it should be. Modesty is a virtue.