Another one of these before chaos occurs!

[frilliance]

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And now you know. And knowing is half the battle.

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Comments

[irreverence]

Seems strange that what?

[Yeah, trailing off mid-sentence? Never sits well with Asagi.]

Dunno, he seems plenty tall to me.

[Asagi you're literally like five-nothing, shut up.]

[athousandcurses]

[Sigh.]

Did you know Cu Chulainn was Diarmuid's childhood hero? I think... there's a modern term for it... umm...

[Grainne bites her lip.]

Fanboy?

[irreverence]

[She is making. The most puzzled of faces.

And then--]

Well, I guess it's a good thing he didn't manage to pick up any of his mannerisms, right?

[athousandcurses]

[Don't worry, Grainne did that for hours after that encounter on the meadow.]

I am not so sure of that. He does seem... [How to put it in a polite way. Oh, there is no polite way.] Dumber than usual...

[irreverence]

Oh that? That... yeah okay. Probably Cu's fault, honestly.

[Rolling her eyes so much.]

I mean, I'm sure not hittin' it cause he's a genius.

[athousandcurses]

[Grainne tilts her head, unsure if that was sarcasm or not. It's hard to tell right now...]

They only get worse with age, you know. ...You must love him a lot.

[irreverence]

[It's not sarcastic in the least, honestly- she likes the guy, but she has no delusions about his intelligence.]

The way I figure it, either I'll beat some sense into him eventually, or he'll get sick of me. Not really too bothered over it.

[She's not touching that 'love' insinuation with a ten foot pole, buddy.]

[athousandcurses]

[Frowning, Grainne looks away.]

Either you love each other, or you do not, but do not take it for granted.

[irreverence]

Who's taking it for granted? Sure isn't me.

[And if she actually sounds a little bitter about that, she's certainly going to pretend she doesn't.]

[athousandcurses]

Then do not act like you do not care! If you feel for him, then talk to him about it. Men are idiots... you have to let them know how they feel. Sometimes they will realize you are right. If they do not, then they don't feel the same way after all, but either way it will be done and you can get on with your life.

[irreverence]

Okay... someone clearly has some feelings on the subject, wow.

Look, chances are that when this tower shuts down and everyone gets to go 'home' or whatever? I get to go be dead. So you know what? I'm pretty good with what I've got, even if he is an idiot most of the time.

[A shrug.]

Besides, I'll probably tell him eventually. I might be giving him too much credit to hope he'll figure it out, but if he can't then I'll do it.

Not really fair to just blurt things out to him and make him feel like he has to make a decision, you know.

[Congrats, Grainne. That's the most anyone's gotten her to talk in... a while.]

[athousandcurses]

I lived over eighty years among idiots and foolish tyrants. I've learned many things, and after spending most of that life alone, the most important is never to take a chance for happiness for granted.

[Grainne softens then, shoulders sagging.]

I will also be dead... and I understand your position, but that makes it so much more important. If you have no time at all, you should as soon as you can...

He will not. He will hold out, hoping he doesn't have to until you bring it up. He is a man... they can fall into battle with ease but rarely have the courage to talk of matters of the heart. At least, when it is truly important.

[irreverence]

I guess that makes you more of an expert than me.

[And she does not envy her that expertise in the slightest.

Her expression, surprisingly, softens at that and she lets out a chuckle.]

Maybe the over-thinking types, sure. I guess if there's one thing I can count on with him it's that at the very least, the idiot puppy listens to his gut more often than not.

[athousandcurses]

...Then I hope you are a good cook.

[Cooking, sadly, was not Grainne's forte.]

[irreverence]

Wow. Not literal.

[lookin' at u kinda funny here again, Grainne.]

But for what it counts, yeah I am.

[athousandcurses]

That's good...

[Just ignore Grainne, nothing to see here.]

They don't like it when you set the kitchen on fire.

[irreverence]

Wow.

[baffled. so baffled.]

How?

[athousandcurses]

How? You mean me?

[Blink.]

...I was trying to teach our daughter how to cook, and something caught fire... then I caught my hair on fire. ...and my daughter tried to put it out with a brush, which caught fire.

[Just, going to bury face in hands now.]

And then the meat was burned...

[irreverence]

[...a long, slow whistle.]

Okay, you? Never offer to help. Ever.

Just, you know, in case.

[athousandcurses]

[She laughs softly, but without much humor in it.]

That was a long time ago... I've learned how not to scorch the food too much.

[irreverence]

Still, that's just... I dunno, I'm alarmed and impressed in pretty equal measure.

[athousandcurses]

Do not worry... the Grail grants knowledge to Servants so they know their way around the modern world. I can handle a modern stove just fine. They don't really flare up when someone spills drink on them, after all...

[irreverence]

Well, one way to prevent culture shock, I guess.

[She remembers hearing something like that though, and shrugs.]

I dunno, I'm sure if you could manage setting a whole kitchen on fire before, you'd be able to find new and interesting ways of doing it now.

[athousandcurses]

That's a little harsh... don't you think? I haven't tried yet.