For someone who apparently thought there had been some 'failure' on his end she was certainly happy! He didn't just toss her gift out the window and they had managed to go quite a long while without any meaningful, awkward stretches of time! She had no way of figuring out if he was pushing himself to be more amiable but it was nice, even better that he was swallowing whatever issues he had against touching her. Nariko could convince herself left was right if she was fervent enough but Roland was a matter of up or down. Flinching at her one day and then initiating an alcohol fueled kiss a week later. Today must have been an 'up' day. That was how she could think of it.
To the grand surprise of anyone who spent more than five minutes allowing her to speak freely, Nariko wasn't against a good dose of quiet. It did not make her feel uneasy or displaced, in fact she could fall back into her own thoughts just as simply as she breathed. But of all things he would pick up on and feel a way about, it was that and now her smile was back to its full brightness.
"I don't. There are a lot of traditions and ideas that simply don't make any sense, or they are rooted in outright cruelty, it needs to change." But how that would happen, who would push for it remained a slight mystery for her. "But just as many things are valuable. Treating everyone equally and against the same set of values, teaching everyone to be strong in some way … That is what I love about our traditions. That said it's always a good idea to skip an all-day feast."
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Date: 2015-02-01 07:15 am (UTC)To the grand surprise of anyone who spent more than five minutes allowing her to speak freely, Nariko wasn't against a good dose of quiet. It did not make her feel uneasy or displaced, in fact she could fall back into her own thoughts just as simply as she breathed. But of all things he would pick up on and feel a way about, it was that and now her smile was back to its full brightness.
"I don't. There are a lot of traditions and ideas that simply don't make any sense, or they are rooted in outright cruelty, it needs to change." But how that would happen, who would push for it remained a slight mystery for her. "But just as many things are valuable. Treating everyone equally and against the same set of values, teaching everyone to be strong in some way … That is what I love about our traditions. That said it's always a good idea to skip an all-day feast."