[ he says - a hum of an answer, to the question, as he's starting to prepare some kind of spice mixture. redgrass. idk what it looks like. ]
My father always said that it's important not to place oneself high and mighty above the people that you lead. The moment that you start to rest on your laurels is the moment you forget the real reason for nobility in the first place.
[ to take care of your people. ]
So, I learned to cook, clean - anything the people do, we did alongside them.
That's cool. Nobility in books and movies are usually more—isolated from it. I guess. [ she's thinking on one hand she does not know how much she can praise a person just learning the ordinary parts of life everyone else has to manage. ... but she does get that it's the kind of thing that had to be a choice, and he didn't have to make that choice actually, so. it's good.
... chops... ]
Well, I like cooking more than cleaning. Personally.
They're like that in life, too, more often than not. It's a damned shame.
[ there's a little distaste there, because it rankles him - the idea of nobility in power only. it goes against everything strohl is.
but - the last bit makes him smile a little, and he picks off a piece of cooked meat from the skewer he's working on, and passes it across to her on a fork. ]
Yeah? Too bad, I was going to ask you to do the dishes. [ teasing. ] Here. Try it.
[ though, maybe not that hard... he frowns, a little more thoughtfully, then shakes his head - thankfully, alex has a distracting remark quickly, and it makes him crack a grin. ]
If your vegetables kill it, that's not my fault. [ teasing!! ] What's it like? Where you're from.
[ okay cute, first of all. but she's like. hang on. ] Wait. There are fantasy novels in worlds that are already... fantasy?
[ well it's not like those worlds consider themselves fantasy, alex. THINGS COULD STILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THEIR NORM. she just thinks that's wild though. ]
... Yeah. And I usually run kinda hot to begin with, so it took a while to adjust. [ ok. ]
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But usually not literally, I don't think...? [ interesting. she just nods at the spice question. ] So you're nobility?
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[ he says - a hum of an answer, to the question, as he's starting to prepare some kind of spice mixture. redgrass. idk what it looks like. ]
My father always said that it's important not to place oneself high and mighty above the people that you lead. The moment that you start to rest on your laurels is the moment you forget the real reason for nobility in the first place.
[ to take care of your people. ]
So, I learned to cook, clean - anything the people do, we did alongside them.
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... chops... ]
Well, I like cooking more than cleaning. Personally.
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[ there's a little distaste there, because it rankles him - the idea of nobility in power only. it goes against everything strohl is.
but - the last bit makes him smile a little, and he picks off a piece of cooked meat from the skewer he's working on, and passes it across to her on a fork. ]
Yeah? Too bad, I was going to ask you to do the dishes. [ teasing. ] Here. Try it.
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[ well it gets complicated but she doesn't need to get into the details. it's different enough, she thinks.
she takes the fork and gives it a try. nods... ]
It's good. Maybe good enough to do the dishes, but we'll see.
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[ though, maybe not that hard... he frowns, a little more thoughtfully, then shakes his head - thankfully, alex has a distracting remark quickly, and it makes him crack a grin. ]
If your vegetables kill it, that's not my fault. [ teasing!! ] What's it like? Where you're from.
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[ and those are often about monarchy. are they accurate? to anything? no. but whatever. ]
Hey, it'd be almost impressive if they did. [ but uhm. shrugs. ] Eh, you know. Kinda hot.
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[ fond... ✨💖 will 💖✨ ]
Hot. Seriously? You were just in hell, and that's what you had to say? Hot?
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[ well it's not like those worlds consider themselves fantasy, alex. THINGS COULD STILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THEIR NORM. she just thinks that's wild though. ]
... Yeah. And I usually run kinda hot to begin with, so it took a while to adjust. [ ok. ]