Eleven

[raven_daughter]

I'm curious.

What sort of fairy tales do you have back in your original worlds?

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[mcshotashorts]

Well, plenty! Though the only one I recall at the moment is the one that became true.

And you?

[raven_daughter]

That's twice I've heard of that.

As for me... I've taken my time to memorize the classics.

[mcshotashorts]

Oh? Haha, not too surprising! Fairy tales were based on truth, I would suppose!

But what, per se, are the classics?

[raven_daughter]

Perhaps.

One such example... The Red Shoes.

[mcshotashorts]

And I suppose the tale doesn't just end with shoes that were painted red?

[raven_daughter]

Once upon a time, a peasant girl was adopted by a rich old woman after her mother's death. The old woman spoiled the young girl, and as such, the girl became vain. One day, she tricked the old woman into buying her a pair of beautiful red shoes... She wore the shoes day and night, ignoring everything else but her own beauty

[mcshotashorts]

... Well! Let that be a lesson to us all!

Thank you for telling me the story. Is it a favorite of yours? You know it quite well!

[raven_daughter]

It is one of my favorites, yes. It is also performed as a ballet.

[mcshotashorts]

Oh? Have you performed in it? Or just an avid audience?

[raven_daughter]

I have practiced it.

[mcshotashorts]

A ballerina, is it? That's wonderful! It must be hard work to practice so much, then.

[raven_daughter]

Yes, it is. Unfortunately, there are no instructors, or even proper music here.

[mcshotashorts]

Quite a dilemma, then. Can you find any musicians around here? They might remember how to play a few tunes here or there.

[raven_daughter]

I suppose it would not hurt to ask.

[mcshotashorts]

Can't say I have many ideas about instructors, though. I would think the dance teachers belonging to this town wouldn't exactly be... up to par, no?

[raven_daughter]

I already tried asking, and I got no responses.