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[ Incredulously: ]

No I don't. Honestly. All that anti-elf rubbish makes me want to knock some heads together.

[ His manners and kindness have made her relax. And when she relaxes, her brasher side comes out. But, soon as it came, it goes again, replaced by an uncertainty. Because she's never had anyone actually offer something like this before. ]

But - you're serious? You're really going to teach me?

An act you should refrain from, child, [ and he says that fondly, ] but everything in due time.

Yes. Ignorance is a blight. Why would I deny you the best chance to succeed here? [ after a moment, slowly: ] And you will need to speak to Madame de Cedoux. She has a lady's polish.

I guess I'm just used to - well. I'm used to people seeing ignorance as a tool, rather than a blight. Still getting used to people with your point of view.

[ Kitty relaxes again, much cheered by his offer. ]

I've spoken a bit with Petrana, actually - she's taught me some about rifters and what we are. [ And she certainly hasn't picked up any ladylike restraint from Madame de Cedoux yet. Unlikely to happen. ] She's very clever.

Do not misunderstand me, it is a tool, to our enemies, but since I have you in my grasp, I cannot suffer your ignorance.

[ a roundabout way of thinking of it. ]

She is. And there are lessons she will be able to teach you that will come better from her.

[ Plucky as ever, she corrects him: ]

Since you have me as a partner.

So what'll I be studying with her?

Lady's things, [ he says, because that's what he imagines madame de cedoux will instill in her if there is any grace in kitty for it. ]

You cannot conduct yourself like me and expect to get very far. I am insufferable.

[ Kitty snorts, thoroughly charmed by that self-deprecation. She likes him. ]

So'm I. A different sort of insufferable, I imagine, but still insufferable. And anyway, you've gotten plenty far, haven't you?

I have momentum. [ modest. ] And plenty of mistakes before I began to understand that I would have you avoid.

Like what?

Ask Madame de Cedoux, I am sure she will have an accounting.

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