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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[transmit]

I think intrinsically… I was reminded of circumstances back at home.

You don't have to justify my behaviour.

[lucentia]

... Right. Money does tend to be the deciding factor in these things, unfortunately, even if education should be more freely available...

[lucentia]

I'm not that nice.

[lucentia]

It is not justifying, but understanding.

[lucentia]

Of course. Thank you, Dahut.

[oversea]

Why do you think that?

[lucentia]

Because it's true?

[glub]

[ he looks down at his pinky, before retracting it slightly. ]

We don't have to if you really don't want it.

[handfast]

[ hak's quiet a moment. ]

It must have been really bad for him. [ ... ] Not that these things are ever not bad.

[lucentia]

... No, it's fine. We can do it.

[he'll just have to feel extremely bad if he breaks it.]

Of course, I hope you'll also do your best to keep yourself safe, as well.

[lucentia]

... Indeed. He's had a very difficult life, from what I know, so there is unfortunately much to use against him.

[vacuous]

Education is pretty accessible in Japan. Getting a doctorate is pretty privileged. Especially for something like literature...

[ But hey, it's his interest. ]

[lucentia]

[he is momentarily distracted by thinking about his public education projects back home, but.]

Any particular reason you chose that field of study?

[vacuous]

I just think it's interesting. They have a lot of stuff to offer.

[lucentia]

[i am trying so hard not to ask questions that would make you cry lowe]

I can understand that, perhaps. I've always been rather interested in international cultures and literature myself.

[vacuous]

[ You can ask I'd just either make shit up or be like idk so pretend he said something... we persevere

Also you deserve to when I keep doing this to you because Tokinaga would. Observe: ]

Yeah? Where?

[lucentia]

[tearfully opens a playthrough to try and a find a scene where other countries are mentioned]

... I don't think you would recognize the places.

[vacuous]

[ The face of someone who is like I'm pretty sure I know my Earth geography but he doesn't want to come off as some pretentious asshole because geography was not his actual field of study. ]

[lucentia]

[the problem is that lucien can't just name off random earth countries because he doesn't know any!!!

...]

Wallent, Rizoh, Gripa, Oratio, and Machinae.

[vacuous]

[ These sound fake as hell... he thinks/I say when we inexplicably have Rugname ]

Oh, that's a lot of places.

[lucentia]

[YOU CAN'T JUDGE WHEN YOU HAVE RUGNAME!!]

They we—they're the ones I'm most interested in.

[or rather the only other places on his continent.]

[vacuous]

Can't choose between them all? Maybe you can do an international program.

[lucentia]

[admittedly lucien is just internally making himself depressed again when he thinks about how anastasia implied that he's not suited for travel, but anyway.]

An international program?

[vacuous]

Yeah, a program where you get to go abroad for study? Some universities have something like that. I wanted to go to Rugname but scheduling didn't totally work out for me.

[lucentia]

Ah, I'm sorry to hear that.

... I'll consider it, then. [continues lying.] Though my... parents would also likely be concerned on whether or not it'd be safe for me.