It was... encouragement. For people to "perform" for one another.
[Pausing for a sip of his tea, a moment to recover himself, though that is not enough to hide how clipped his words were, his rare frown of distaste at uttering them.
Straightening himself up, his little way of distancing the two topics-]
That sounds preferable - maybe not fighting, but the rest of it...! I have always very tactile with those I care about - I'd rather that than having to be as forward as I have had to be in the past.
[not just meaning Amoi. He's tiptoeing around Ivore, too. A gentle chuckle, watching his familiar hop off his saucer and start dragging the cake fork over. Cutting her a few little slivers-]
Yes, yes. [heavens, but the slice is almost as tall as she is!] But it is still a little strange for me. Mongrels and Elites-- they were not permitted to touch, for the longest time. I was on Amoi so long and grew so accustomed, sometimes-- it seems simply foolish, how I police myself...!
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[Pausing for a sip of his tea, a moment to recover himself, though that is not enough to hide how clipped his words were, his rare frown of distaste at uttering them.
Straightening himself up, his little way of distancing the two topics-]
That sounds preferable - maybe not fighting, but the rest of it...! I have always very tactile with those I care about - I'd rather that than having to be as forward as I have had to be in the past.
[not just meaning Amoi. He's tiptoeing around Ivore, too. A gentle chuckle, watching his familiar hop off his saucer and start dragging the cake fork over. Cutting her a few little slivers-]
Yes, yes. [heavens, but the slice is almost as tall as she is!] But it is still a little strange for me. Mongrels and Elites-- they were not permitted to touch, for the longest time. I was on Amoi so long and grew so accustomed, sometimes-- it seems simply foolish, how I police myself...!