[She definitely just came to speak to him about the title... and the other thing... but, you know... if it came up...
And it seemed Liem understood. In a way a human could not if she attempted to discuss this.]
That is... I was of the same thought. His title was one thing, but I did... I did not wish for others to label him perverse, or damage his reputation as a peacemaker.
[Even if the two of them did not see eye to eye on that, still sometimes disagreed about how Meridian should act... It was the role and duty he had chosen, and she did not wish to be a smear upon it. She had been sure that it would do that, even knowing that she must be letting her experiences in her own world influence her thinking. She had a reputation as a warmonger, as one of the most hardline faction members in Springstar. And... Humans fucked jinba, mostly making use of more human mouths... but not in public, and not as people, not as lovers. She knew of no example of a jinba and a human together in any way that was not ownership, humiliation, or domination. That is why it had taken months to accept that man's feelings, months then to become intimate, and-
And now everyone just knew and-]
... He said that. That we could perhaps inspire the citizens here. That we could help give them hope. But that if I could not... then he would handle it. Our... image.
But is that-
... It is unfair of me. Is it not?
[Like when she had first told him, is she... just sort of hoping that Liem will condemn or chastise her, just a little? Maybe. But she's not sure. If she wants to hear "yes" or "no".]
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And it seemed Liem understood. In a way a human could not if she attempted to discuss this.]
That is... I was of the same thought. His title was one thing, but I did... I did not wish for others to label him perverse, or damage his reputation as a peacemaker.
[Even if the two of them did not see eye to eye on that, still sometimes disagreed about how Meridian should act... It was the role and duty he had chosen, and she did not wish to be a smear upon it. She had been sure that it would do that, even knowing that she must be letting her experiences in her own world influence her thinking. She had a reputation as a warmonger, as one of the most hardline faction members in Springstar. And... Humans fucked jinba, mostly making use of more human mouths... but not in public, and not as people, not as lovers. She knew of no example of a jinba and a human together in any way that was not ownership, humiliation, or domination. That is why it had taken months to accept that man's feelings, months then to become intimate, and-
And now everyone just knew and-]
... He said that. That we could perhaps inspire the citizens here. That we could help give them hope. But that if I could not... then he would handle it. Our... image.
But is that-
... It is unfair of me. Is it not?
[Like when she had first told him, is she... just sort of hoping that Liem will condemn or chastise her, just a little? Maybe. But she's not sure. If she wants to hear "yes" or "no".]