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crystal

[rowancrowned]

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.

crystal

[rathercommon]

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.

crystal

[rowancrowned]

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.

crystal

[rathercommon]

[ Plucky as ever, she corrects him: ]

Since you have me as a partner.

So what'll I be studying with her?

crystal

[rowancrowned]

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.

crystal

[rathercommon]

[ 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?

crystal

[rowancrowned]

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

crystal

[rathercommon]

Like what?

crystal

[rowancrowned]

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