I hope you shan't, Miss Diana. But it is natural, I think, for one to become a little jaded.
[it depends, of course, on what they have seen, and how much. Linneus can still wonder, but for his age he does feel tired from time to time.
Hesitantly-]
...may I ask how many years it has been so far? If that is not too rude...
[because one never asked a lady her age, where Linneus came from. Some things are similar between his home and other people's worlds - others seem like strange, old-fashioned nonsense.]
[Diana... actually laughs at that. It's a good-natured giggle, genuinely amused more than offended, and perhaps a sight less guarded and restrained than she usually carries herself.] It's all right, Linneus. I'm only 18.
We age normally until late adulthood, and then live beyond the lifespan of a normal person. But until I'm a tiny old woman, I'll look my age, I assure you.
[her reaction has him dipping his head slightly - not embarrassed by her laughter or discomfited as such (if anything it's good to know his question was not taken negatively); it's just the former servant in him.]
I haven't encountered such before - it was a silly question, I apologise.
I don't believe there's such a thing as a silly question if it's something you've never encountered before. It shows that you want to learn, doesn't it?
[She looks back at the ice, and her expression is... wistful. Talking about the desire to learn makes her think of Akko, which is both fond and painful at the moment.]
[She runs her hand over the surface of the ice again.] I have a very... dear friend... who can admittedly be something of a reckless fool at times. But her wonder at the world-- at experiencing new things, and learning new things-- is something I very much envy.
I don't think you shall lose your sense of awe so easily, then. But perhaps if you continue to think of her and try to see things through her eyes, the things she might wonder at?
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I hope you shan't, Miss Diana. But it is natural, I think, for one to become a little jaded.
[it depends, of course, on what they have seen, and how much. Linneus can still wonder, but for his age he does feel tired from time to time.
Hesitantly-]
...may I ask how many years it has been so far? If that is not too rude...
[because one never asked a lady her age, where Linneus came from. Some things are similar between his home and other people's worlds - others seem like strange, old-fashioned nonsense.]
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We age normally until late adulthood, and then live beyond the lifespan of a normal person. But until I'm a tiny old woman, I'll look my age, I assure you.
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[her reaction has him dipping his head slightly - not embarrassed by her laughter or discomfited as such (if anything it's good to know his question was not taken negatively); it's just the former servant in him.]
I haven't encountered such before - it was a silly question, I apologise.
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[She looks back at the ice, and her expression is... wistful. Talking about the desire to learn makes her think of Akko, which is both fond and painful at the moment.]
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[more ways for Linneus to make a fool of himself, probably, but that likely can't be helped.]
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[She runs her hand over the surface of the ice again.] I have a very... dear friend... who can admittedly be something of a reckless fool at times. But her wonder at the world-- at experiencing new things, and learning new things-- is something I very much envy.
I would like to be more like her, sometimes.
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I don't think you shall lose your sense of awe so easily, then. But perhaps if you continue to think of her and try to see things through her eyes, the things she might wonder at?
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I don't think I'm capable of thinking as oddly as Akko does. I'm not sure anyone other than her is.
It's a blessing and a curse, I think.