( will she ever stop tripping right into these social land mines? sources say no. she could've guessed, she supposes, but she doesn't really have any other word to use to describe the things she fights. beasts hardly seems enough.

maybe she was going to apologize, or get defensive, but the question has her stopping so abruptly that she actually falters. )

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( no, he brings up a good point. she was born and trained to have the bearings and mannerisms of a lady in a town that couldn't care less about that ideology. things like purity and innocence and the like didn't exist there for long, but she likes to think that she has good in her to stubbornly cling to despite all of that.

she's yet to gain the wisdom to know that what she does with her body and purity has nothing to do with one another, you see. but ultimately? )

Of course. ( that much is firm now that she's made up her mind on that, too. ) Clinging to it would mean I'm leaving people to the work that I should be doing back home.

( elaborating would mean unboxing quite a bit of things, so she simply Will Not. )

Besides, I like the feeling that I get when people know they can rely on me! Nothing's more satisfying than being acknowledged for a job well done, so why wouldn't I work hard to get complimented for it?