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[call_me_saffron]

I'm being babysat. How thrilling.

[You can tell from her tone that it's about the last thing she wants. She goes quiet and all that can be heard is the distant murmur of many voices talking in the background, followed by a petulant sigh.]

[Filtered away from Lord Fanny]My warden has me working at the spa so she can keep an eye on me. I won't hold

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[young_idealist]

Is that so awful?

[young_idealist]

I'm just a bit more old-fashioned than most, mademoiselle.

[call_me_saffron]

Really? I couldn't tell, honestly.

So, let's say I were to become, ah, reformed. What about then?

[young_idealist]

I could talk to you freely, but likely only public. You're a woman.

Let me clarify. I have private conversations with my friend, Dr. Jones, but we don't spend time alone together somewhere private.

[call_me_saffron]

Ah, wait-I get it now.

[Meaning to say she knows your kind but damnit if she likes it.]

And you've kept this up as long as you've been aboard? Things must get pretty boring for you.

[young_idealist]

No, I haven't, because I was told it wasn't important anymore.

And it proved to be a problem, as I thought it might. So now I must be more careful.

[call_me_saffron]

Well, gentleman are a hard thing to come by in this place so I suppose you should be applauded.

[fanged_aleera]

The girl is not with child.

[young_idealist]

That was an illustrative example. Are you offended somehow?

[fanged_aleera]

I never rarely required constant watching. Neither should she.

[young_idealist]

It isn't that it's required. It's that the person who cares feels like doing so.