✿ Fifth Bud [voice]

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[Kaori's been thinking a lot since her last talk with Elicia, mulling over what she said, what she was forced to share. A part of her wanted wanted to believe the little girl, that the 'bad people' wouldn't hurt her here in Luceti, but as always it was hard to push aside what she saw as justified hatred in favor of that lost affection.

So today, she wanted to try a little test, just to see how the villagers responded. After all, they were 'good people,' and wanted to be her 'friends,' right? Maybe she could gather some useful information in the meantime.]

... Your favorite part of this village... what is it? And... why? Also...

[... Did she really want to ask the next question, at the risk of revealing her inability to see and possibly being taken advantage of again for it? It would be nice to have some visuals to match up with names and presences...]

... how would you describe your physical appearance?

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One of them's my friend. Only other person I know with green hair is this weird lady I met, once.

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Weird lady? Mind telling me more about them, if it's okay? [If there's the slim chance they're who she's suspecting...]

[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't get why you're so curious.]

She...talked about all sorts of stuff that I didn't get. Some big words. I don't think she even really cared that I didn't understand, just that I was there to listen. ...She just seemed like she knew a lot of stuff.

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Really...? That's something a lot of people like... having someone who will listen...

[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it was kind of awkward. Since I couldn't get most of what she was saying.

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That's understandable, too!

... So you have brown eyes, Marcell? [She's still not completely sure if he really knows she's blind.]

[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

[Oh, he knows. But he's not going to say anything, especially since this is over the journals.]

Yeah, I do.

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Y'know, I haven't gotten to know a lot of people with brown eyes. You'd think there'd be more. [There's something of irony in that for her, for whatever reason.]

[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

Yeah. We've got a lot of eye colours back home, too. But I don't think it's normally a big deal.

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Hm... [It's a big deal when you can't know the color of the eyes you're trying to meet.]

Hey Marcell, are you still settling in?

[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

It's how your eyes look that matter more. At least, back home.

I'm...doing fine. [Which is to say, "settling in but not letting myself get too comfortable."]

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That's good to hear! [She'll be hunting you down to make sure you're being taken care of. 8|]

... How your eyes look?

[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

Hm? They're normal.

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Oh! I meant why it matters... [... Time to set those filter skills to more practice!]

Normal like the other people here, you mean?

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[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

Oh. Yeah. There's this...thing 'bout eyes back home. Something about how their the windows to your soul, and such? We get all sorts of colours, so people only start worrying if there's something with how your eyes look themselves.

Like...one of my friends, her eyes kind of look like they have a ring inside them. It...well, if you look at them too long it kind of feels like you're staring at some endless spiral.

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A spiral...

How your eyes look is kind of important where I'm from, too. It kind of has to do with color, but I hear it's something genetic.

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[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

Oh? ...I'm still not really sure why some people end up with weird eyes and other stuff back home.

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[She caught that, mister! Not that she's going to call attention to it right away.] So your eyes are like most people here?

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[boxedoff.livejournal.com]

Yeah.