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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[vacuous]

[ OUR lore comrade ]

It's a doctorate so it'd be the same thing as my masters.

[ I'm truly sorry Lucien is constantly bombarded by things like Saga and Doctorates and he is simply left to drown because this Tokinaga doesn't know about jamjars. At the least he doesn't sound even remotely judgmental. ]

[lucentia]

[thanks tokinaga he is moving right on.]

Ah, right, of course. I'm glad that work didn't kill your interest in it, at least...?

[vacuous]

I really only stopped after my masters because realistically, I needed money.

[ To like, you know. Live. ]

[lucentia]

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

[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.

[vacuous]

Guess that's the same wherever, huh?

[lucentia]

Mm. You understand well—to understand that people are concerned for you, but to also wish they weren't.

[vacuous]

...Yeah.

[lucentia]

[wryly,]

I would suggest a toast to our mutual troubles, but I suppose we're not holding any sort of drinks.

[vacuous]

You can't drink anyway. That's illegal.

[ The Problem Here ]

[lucentia]

I also don't care for alcohol to begin with.

[vacuous]

That's okay.

[ You go, Lucien. ]