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[dodgyallround]

[OOC: So... please pretend this showed up just after leaving Shashta and a little before the current plot weirdness?][Private//Text

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[windsofdaytime]

Cards and booze aren't important.

[dodgyallround]

So that's a no from you.

What you called?

[windsofdaytime]

Everybody else seems to like them.

Kiryuu Kaoru.

[dodgyallround]

Yeah. That's 'cause they're what's generally called 'fun'. Dunno if the concept's ever been explained to you or not. Sure doesn't sound like it.

Not that I'm surprised, with that name.

[windsofdaytime]

So, in the end, it's pointless.

Is something wrong with that name?

[dodgyallround]

No, it just sounds like you were a difficult birth.

Fun isn't pointless, kid. Stick with me and you might learn something.

[windsofdaytime]

You know that just from someone's name?

Like what?

[dodgyallround]

You can tell a lot from a name, kiddo.

You might learn the purpose of fun, for one. A few other things too, if you're smart.

[windsofdaytime]

How?

I am.

[dodgyallround]

Names are given to people. They're a pretty good mark of what someone thinks, or thought, of someone. Of course, some names are just taken. Then you find out what someone wants to be, and usually the first thing on the list is anonymous.

A smart kid like you should pick it up, all right. Unless you're not smart enough.

[windsofdaytime]

People don't want to have names? But you need a name to go out into the world. If you have no name, someone will give you one.

Don't assume that I can't do something.

[dodgyallround]

Man, do you need some serious education. We should start with cynicism.

[windsofdaytime]

What's the point?

[dodgyallround]

It'd stop you being the curious kitten on Broadway, for one.

[windsofdaytime]

What?

[dodgyallround]

You know what happens to a cat that thinks it's smart that tries to cross a busy street?