week three | dates

[marriagebroker]

Here we go again.

You all better kiss.

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[ordimame]

[it's the last part that takes him completely off guard]

-- what? Me? No, I don't think. . . we don't have magic in my world. Or. . . "Practical Crafts."

[don't you have to be born magical or something for that??]

[researcherstory]

Nonsense. Anyone can learn, I don't see why it would be any different for you -- you've got people who are exceedingly good at certain things, don't you? That feel as they have a knack for... sewing, for instance, or a way with a brush.

[ Odile takes the puzzle from him, then sets it carefully back in its box. Safe keeping. ]

... It isn't necessarily magic. As I said -- it combines your intent and your energy, and in practice you are enacting your will onto whatever it is you desire, or projecting it into whatever you may be making. A statue that dances. A pot that keeps itself warm. Clothes that grow with you, or candles that change their scent as time goes on. There's an infinite amount of things that one can do with Crafts; while it isn't my topic of study, I have found it fascinating to see the differences between various regions even within the same country.

[ Perhaps it was even part of her academics! Who can say. But it seems obvious that anyone, even Edamura, might be able to learn it. May be difficult. But possible. ]

[ordimame]

[extremely difficult, for someone as ordinary ("ordinary") as Edamura]

I'm not sure I understand. . . [it's awfully kind of her to offer, but he also isn't sure he wants to learn. . . ?] I have a lot of intent and energy, but none of it is capable of doing--

[gestures. to the puzzle]

-- that.

[researcherstory]

[ Extremely indeed. But Odile does enjoy challenges, so if they're afford more than simple letters to keep in contact she will be making him learn. ]

You doubt yourself too much, Edamura. I would not offer this lightly.

[ Mostly because she isn't the teaching type. Someone like Ringo might make for an excellent student as well, but-- that isn't who she'd like to teach, he is. ]

But I'll relent for now. Handle the matter of paying for that puzzle and let us be on our way.

[ordimame]

[well then!1 maybe he'll come around to the idea, the more time they spend together, and the more she demonstrates her crafts. he is, after all, perfectly adaptable! even if he tends to dig his heels in at first]

[. . . and it means a little to him, that she would make an offer that she says she never makes lightly]

Oh-- right. And we can't forget the lost and found, either.

[he remembers!!]

[researcherstory]

Good boy. Whatever you may think, your mother did raise you well.

[ Even if he's a brat. ]

[ordimame]

[THAT. . . genuinely makes him happy]

. . . thanks for saying that, Odile.