[Even though Liem is most assuredly not descended from any gods, he can at least understand being being haunted by the feeling of being other because of one's race or lineage. Perhaps even demigods yearn for quiet, ordinary lives.]
You wouldn't rather keep those things with you? Or maybe offer them to his student?
I don't know how appropriate it is for me to receive something of his. I only ever met him once.
[Perhaps some of them do. Perhaps she’d been happy to provide a taste of that for someone who had been so kind to her. But now-]
CHIRON teach several here but no archery student because in this place is not needed by most people he had magic student and hand fighting student most
but i want item to be used proper is a shame for item to be made and then collect dust if LIEM would use arrow I would like to give
i will keep LYRE i is no good at but was learning a little
[Liem has some doubts about how useful a bow made for a demigod would be to him, but arrows are arrows, and Konoha is right about people here not having much use for archery. He had to hunt down a specialty shop just to find somewhere that would sell arrows to him, and only then at a price that would make a miser weep.]
Then yes, I will take them. You're right, it's good for items to see use.
I hope you continue to practise with the lyre. I would like to hear you play.
[To be honest she thinks the bow might be too large for him, now that she thinks about it a bit better. She might not be an archer, but she knew enough basics to know that size mattered with a bow, and Chiron's was made to be pulled back by a centaur who weight a tight 1,200.]
yes i think so i have no talent for archery i make and use trap so would be grateful to see use for arrows.
do you want to listen? i can only play most simple beginner song but sound of instrument is beautiful we no have this LYRE in my world
[Maybe if Liem needs a different bow for when he's in centaur mode and his emerald is acting up... but yeah, the draw weight on Chiron's bow is definitely not going to be well-suited for his ordinary little man arms.]
Most of the music that plays on the radio here is very unlike anything I would ever hear back home. I would be happy to listen to your lyre playing, even if you are still a beginner.
[they're perfectly respectable human archer arms! just, you know, not a very solid equine lower base to anchor those back muscles in... yea...]
i feel same sometimes i try to listen in the city to music in shop or courtyard but so much is happening in one moment is confusing to listen long
LYRE is pretty and simple sound is close to KOTO harp but size is much more small
you can read music?
[wait what now? problems when her own culture only taught music properly like that to certain classes of people and the Greek god centaur played everything from memory... or maybe he just chose not to because she has her hands full with regular reading, they may never know]
[Yeah, the music in Noctium is A Lot. It can be enjoyable in its own way, but after a certain point it definitely starts to just devolve into pure noise.]
Yes. In much the same way you could read stories written by someone who lived far away, or long ago, music can be passed on in writing as well.
It might make it easier to learn new songs, rather than trying to puzzle out the notes by ear and remember the matching strings.
[which voice are you supposed to listen to when five pretty boys are singing and rapping together??? which beat do you listen for in those crazy bass drops?!]
i did not know this i never see musician use paper for making music i think must all be stored in head and taught with ear and finger
I'm sure many songs are learned that way, but it's not the only way to learn music. There are two bardic schools in my city, and sheet music, I think, comes particularly in handy when one is teaching an entire class of students.
I had to learn it when I was first learning to sing at my temple, but I haven't needed to use it for a very long time.
Oppara is well known for its love of the arts. Many aspiring musicians come there for the chance to learn, so there is enough demand for entire academies devoted to music, dance, and other performances.
Music can be complicated to read, if the melody is complex. But it is simpler than reading language.
OPPARA must be amazing place in i ‘s village is rare for musician to travel through some time can listen to street performer in highway checkpoint town if work sends i there but is not much outside festival time. what is LIEM ‘s most loved art? song?
can LIEM show i what SHEET MUSIC is looking like? if is more easy than words possible i could try to read.
I am rather partial to poetry, though of course it's popular for poetry to be recited to music as well. But yes, Oppara is a very grand city. Not so large as Sumarlok, but very old and very wealthy.
And I could certainly bring some sheet music with me when I visit next. I'll bring some blank sheets as well.
spark is good way to phrase i think same if there is good book please recommend i now i borrow THE WICKED BROTHERHOOD but character die and now i am sad also many difficult word describing manhood
[but wait… an emoticon. an emoticon that seems to be… no wait it’s text she can’t tell what if she reacts the wrong way… ?!]
LIEM please forget promptly that i ask this directly but is 😏 joke? or is 😏 suggesting openness to flirting words? i learn how to SEXT flirt but want to be sure before replying…
[Oh, this conversation just took a sharp turn, didn't it. All right, all right...]
You may interpret 😏 how you like. It was both, really— a joke, which may or may not be viewed in a flirtatious light depending on your preference. Deliberately open-ended.
I have seen The Wicked Brotherhood on shelves, but I have not read it. Aside from expanding your vocabulary in one very specific area, how have you been finding it?
[look, she doesn’t know??? he’s the one sending 😏 emoticons? maybe it was supposed to be another type of distraction? it would certainly be that, so that’s what checking is for… what’s this “deliberately open-ended”…
okay first things first-]
is entertaining with many sword fight and shock and dramatic event and bedroom scandal most unlike how story is told that i am used to CONSTANTIN says NOT ALL OF THE PROSE IS ESPECIALLY GOOD but i can not tell.
[the dubious benefit of a low reading level… but now… very… carefully… where’s that lewd emoji…]
[Why is he not surprised to learn that Constantin was the one to lend this story to her? A bodice-ripper featuring a great deal of sword fighting and drama sounds like just his cup of tea.]
I could be persuaded for 💋... Perhaps if you decide my services are especially satisfactory, it might even become 💋💋?
I can lend you a book of poetry, if you like. Or if you prefer stories with bedroom scandals, I might have one or two of those lying around as well. 🤫
poetry seems more difficult but i would like to try LIEM reads bedroom scandal also? teacher and student bedroom scandal?
i can not imagine LIEM ‘s performance being not satisfactory so will surely need be 💋💋 but then question will become where to 💋 is bribe for LIEM so LIEM would have to tell i.
If I get more than one 💋, must both be in the same place? The lips are traditional for a reason, but I am partial to the neck as well.
[Lip smooches are the best, but neck smooches are also the best? It's a tough call.]
Some of the poetry here reads a little awkwardly, I think, because I don't actually speak the native language. But I find it enjoyable just the same.
But no, I haven't read any saucy teacher and student stories. Lady and bodyguard, yes, and one involving a lot of gem politics, wherein an unlikely number of alliances are formed in the bedroom. Also I am partway through The Sister's Sin, which is set in an abbey.
no it would be bribe so LIEM would have choice of course if was sitting in i 's lap then would be much comfortable location for reading and also for i reaching neck...
[wait where is a jinba's lap? ... well, probably where a lap should be, nestled between forelegs maybe.]
lady and bodyguard story i hear before is popular in i 's world also but oh should i not be shocked or should be shocked for LIEM enjoying this kind of setting...
Come now, surely this is exactly the kind of setting you would expect me to enjoy? At least I actually learned at a temple. I've never actually attended a college.
But I feel as though I would get thoroughly distracted from sheet music if you were to do just about anything to my neck while I was trying to concentrate.
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But I recall you mentioning before that he would hunt game for the two of you to eat.
[Should Liem hunt something to bring with him when he visits? Would that be polite?]
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CHIRON better than i at many things too
but is a little cheating because is actual god’s child
no need to compare
and
CHIRON says
he stays with i because
just can be a jinba
not big legend CHIRON
so maybe is better to say
LIEM maybe could beat
no way to check now
but maybe
if you need arrow or new bow
i now has and has no need for
if you want
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You wouldn't rather keep those things with you? Or maybe offer them to his student?
I don't know how appropriate it is for me to receive something of his. I only ever met him once.
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CHIRON teach several here
but no archery student
because in this place is not needed by most people
he had magic student and hand fighting student most
but i want item to be used proper
is a shame for item to be made and then collect dust
if LIEM would use arrow I would like to give
i will keep LYRE
i is no good at
but was learning a little
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Then yes, I will take them. You're right, it's good for items to see use.
I hope you continue to practise with the lyre. I would like to hear you play.
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yes i think so
i have no talent for archery
i make and use trap
so would be grateful to see use for arrows.
do you want to listen?
i can only play most simple beginner song
but sound of instrument is beautiful
we no have this LYRE in my world
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Most of the music that plays on the radio here is very unlike anything I would ever hear back home. I would be happy to listen to your lyre playing, even if you are still a beginner.
Did Chiron teach you how to read music, also?
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i feel same
sometimes i try to listen in the city to music in shop or courtyard
but so much is happening in one moment
is confusing to listen long
LYRE is pretty and simple
sound is close to KOTO harp but size is much more small
you can read music?
[wait what now? problems when her own culture only taught music properly like that to certain classes of people and the Greek god centaur played everything from memory... or maybe he just chose not to because she has her hands full with regular reading, they may never know]
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Yes. In much the same way you could read stories written by someone who lived far away, or long ago, music can be passed on in writing as well.
It might make it easier to learn new songs, rather than trying to puzzle out the notes by ear and remember the matching strings.
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i did not know this
i never see musician use paper for making music
i think must all be stored in head
and taught with ear and finger
LIEM can read music language?
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I had to learn it when I was first learning to sing at my temple, but I haven't needed to use it for a very long time.
[He knows all the hymns by heart now.]
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not only master and student?
reading words is much difficult
i practice every night and still do not know how to write many words
is music reading difficult?
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Music can be complicated to read, if the melody is complex. But it is simpler than reading language.
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in i ‘s village is rare for musician to travel through
some time can listen to street performer in highway checkpoint town if work sends i there
but is not much outside festival time.
what is LIEM ‘s most loved art?
song?
can LIEM show i what SHEET MUSIC is looking like?
if is more easy than words
possible i could try to read.
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And I could certainly bring some sheet music with me when I visit next. I'll bring some blank sheets as well.
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i only try one time to write poem
but NIKOLAI does not understand wordplay
is not successful
is possible to bribe LIEM to teach?
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What would you bribe me with? 😏
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is good way to phrase
i think same
if there is good book
please recommend i
now i borrow THE WICKED BROTHERHOOD
but character die and now i am sad
also many difficult word describing manhood
[but wait… an emoticon. an emoticon that seems to be… no wait it’s text she can’t tell what if she reacts the wrong way… ?!]
LIEM
please forget promptly that i ask this directly
but
is 😏 joke?
or is 😏 suggesting openness to flirting words?
i learn how to SEXT flirt
but want to be sure before replying…
like so 😳
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You may interpret 😏 how you like. It was both, really— a joke, which may or may not be viewed in a flirtatious light depending on your preference. Deliberately open-ended.
I have seen The Wicked Brotherhood on shelves, but I have not read it. Aside from expanding your vocabulary in one very specific area, how have you been finding it?
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okay first things first-]
is entertaining with many sword fight and shock and dramatic event and bedroom scandal
most unlike how story is told that i am used to
CONSTANTIN says
NOT ALL OF THE PROSE IS ESPECIALLY GOOD
but i can not tell.
[the dubious benefit of a low reading level… but now… very… carefully… where’s that lewd emoji…]
is 💋 enough for bribe?
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I could be persuaded for 💋... Perhaps if you decide my services are especially satisfactory, it might even become 💋💋?
I can lend you a book of poetry, if you like. Or if you prefer stories with bedroom scandals, I might have one or two of those lying around as well. 🤫
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poetry seems more difficult
but i would like to try
LIEM reads bedroom scandal also?
teacher and student bedroom scandal?
i can not imagine LIEM ‘s performance being not satisfactory
so will surely need be 💋💋
but then question will become
where to 💋
is bribe for LIEM so LIEM would have to tell i.
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[Lip smooches are the best, but neck smooches are also the best? It's a tough call.]
Some of the poetry here reads a little awkwardly, I think, because I don't actually speak the native language. But I find it enjoyable just the same.
But no, I haven't read any saucy teacher and student stories. Lady and bodyguard, yes, and one involving a lot of gem politics, wherein an unlikely number of alliances are formed in the bedroom. Also I am partway through The Sister's Sin, which is set in an abbey.
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LIEM would have choice of course
if
was sitting in i 's lap
then would be much comfortable location for reading
and also for i reaching neck...
[wait where is a jinba's lap? ... well, probably where a lap should be, nestled between forelegs maybe.]
lady and bodyguard story i hear before
is popular in i 's world also
but oh
should i not be shocked or should be shocked
for LIEM enjoying this kind of setting...
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Come now, surely this is exactly the kind of setting you would expect me to enjoy? At least I actually learned at a temple. I've never actually attended a college.
But I feel as though I would get thoroughly distracted from sheet music if you were to do just about anything to my neck while I was trying to concentrate.
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