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[in hindsight, it was cruel to put Fuu so on-the-spot in such a way -- it's the kind of thing her petty elf-"friends" would do!

but also...it's incredibly fascinating to watch Fuu fluster, especially considering not long ago she was pretty much a void of feeling? this is...new. interesting and new and...definitely not fair to treat her like a zoo exhibit, but look. sometimes it be like that.

it's not maliciousness that has her probing this way, but it's probing all the same:] Is babe the same slang there as it is here? Was he, like, hitting on you even when you were trying to show some basic empathy for his safety?

Ah! No, no, no, it wasn't like that! [GOD CECE PLEASE LET HER FIND HER FEET IN THIS CONVERSATION] It is the same word but he's quite kind, he wasn't upset at all that I tricked him into helping us!

[it's as though there is a part of herself pulling the levers to operate the rest of her brain and realizing she just threw a bucket of gasoline instead of water. SURE COULD USE SOME OF THAT VOID NOW.]

You--wait, huh? [she squints, not following.] Wait. Exactly what's the context here? I don't really-- [suddenly propriety comes crashing into the forefront of her thoughts like one of those cars in an action movie and she jerks upright, eyes big.]

Omigawds, Fuu! Tell me to shut up already! Are you serious, letting me nose in like that?! GAWDS!

Oh! [right! right! it's none of Cecelia's business! not that Fuu would ever tell a friend to SHUT UP in those words but Cecelia does have a point?! and it's the point Fuu should be trying for, in a polite way of course.

in any case, it pulls her up short. pressing a hand to her mouth, Fuu tries to regain her footing.] My goodness... I never expected those memories to get broadcast like that. That was from very early on.

[her heart is still pounding and her face is still red, but at least it didn't come out as a frantic babble.]

A-anyway--we met him in a dangerous spot. Without knowing who to trust, I had to--mislead him.

[and then after that he kissed her hand nooo NOPE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT]

Mislead him? [what does that mean? was Fuu playing a boy???

...right, so. okay. Cece did make it clear that this is actually none of her business and that Fuu should shut her down? but now she really wants to know. she can't help it, she's weak to gossip!

with that hungry look in her eyes:] Fuu, were you manipulating boys before coming here? Omigawds.

[oh god the hungry look.]

N-not as a habit! [no, no, calm down. calm down.] Like I said--I mean we had already had one sorceress try to kill us? And he was just sitting up in a tree in a forest full of monsters. It really was suspicious.

But we had a guide and he didn't so I convinced him to help us. A-and luckily it turned out he was trustworthy. And he understood why I, um, obfuscated things. [turning red again]

[Cecelia listens, unblinking, scanning for sign of falsehood as the poor girl flusters to explain.]

...So. So he was just watching you get accosted? [her eyebrows raise.] Like, waiting to see who would win out?

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