[Video] Kazoo 16

[ayao]

Forgive me for being...selfish...

And I warn you, the subject matter of my question might be sensitive...

[But why not make this inquiry here rather than in his world where it would surely bring negative repercussions.]

What are your thoughts on two men being in a relationship? [He doesn't dare say married, but he is drawn to the idea.] Do you perceive it as...wrong? Should the men instead continue their respective lines with wives?

[Heirs are important. Yet can they not be had in other ways? Of course said ways are illegal and immoral in the land he knows.]

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[knifewithnoname]

Why would it be being wrong?

[She mostly ignores the constant chatter of voices through the ICPs on the train. People talk too much.

But this had caught her attention and she looks incredulously through the camera.]

If two women can be getting married and be being in a relationship then so can two men.

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[ayao]

[He is tired and sad - and his voice likely demonstrates those emotions.]

Two women could not get married - legally - in my land.

[knifewithnoname]

There do be being laws for that?

[What a waste of laws. Honestly. Why did the queen care about who married who?]

I do no be thinking there did be being in my world. I did be living with two women who did be being married and they did owning an inn and no one did be saying anything.

[ayao]

Yes. [Legalities are often elegantly worded nonsense. In this case, it was based on children.]

Were they kind to you? That doesn't sound like such a bad life.

[knifewithnoname]

[Urgh. Maybe she should have lied. Just said it was someone she knew. Sloppy. But she nodded.]

It did no be being a bad life, I did be working in the inn and they did be giving me food.

[ayao]

I'm glad for you. [And he is. He isn't trying to trap her.] I grew up in a brothel with my mother. That wasn't always a bad place to live.

[knifewithnoname]

You did be being?

[She relaxes a little when she realises he's not going to ask any awkward questions, though she's also wary that this is on the ICP. Nosy people might overhear.

But growing up in a brothel, that was enough like kids she had known in Gauig for her to relate.]

[ayao]

[If someone hears and pesters her, he is only a call away. He has a soft spot for children - especially ones in difficult circumstances (which applies to many on the train).]

I was. She bought me books to study while she worked.

[knifewithnoname]

She must have been liking you a lot.

[For her to buy him things like books to study.]

Did you be working there when you did be being a grown up?

[ayao]

She was very good to me.

[He will always love his mother, but she screwed him up royally.]

Ah...no. I did learn techniques, but she wanted more for me. Once I was of age, I approached my father for a place in his house.

[knifewithnoname]

You did be knowing your father too?

[She tilted her head.] Did he be giving you one?

[ayao]

Yes, I know him. [And that is no reason to celebrate.] No, he rejected me.

[knifewithnoname]

Oh. [She wrinkled her nose. That was a risk she supposed, of knowing who your parents were. There was always the risk they wouldn't even like you.]

What did you be doing next if he would no be giving you a job?

[ayao]

I ingratiated myself with another sect. They were kind enough to notice my wounds and give me a chance. [And how had he repaid them? By driving their lord mad and cutting off his head.]

[knifewithnoname]

That did be being good of them. [And probably stupid.]

So you do be working for them now? Or before you did be being on this train.