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[puddlesoverdios]

Hello, this is Erina. I am indisposed at this time. Please leave your message and I will return it. Thank you.
[There is distinct Pachirisu squeaking.]

No, Peda, you may not leave a message.

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[strings_theory]

It... is, I guess?

I dunno, it all sounds so ridiculous like I'm taking everything too fast and trying to keep myself from doing that. Like I don't wanna scare her off or something, so I'm having to chill my heels and all that.

Like, it's just...

[She leaves that there for the longest while before responding again.]

Having someone that seems so genuine about everything is refreshing and I don't know how exactly to deal with it? Does that even make sense?

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[puddlesoverdios]

Yes, of course it does. Of course it does.

I do not know how it feels for you, of course, but I know that when one measures themselves against the object of their affections, they may find themselves wanting. The very most important thing to remember is that as much as you've chosen them, so have they chosen you.

I would caution, of course, running to headlong into things, but so long as you are both happy and satisfied with the arrangement of things, is that not the important thing to keep in mind?

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[strings_theory]

It's just. I've chosen so, so wrong in the past that just doubting I even know what I'm doing or the kind of people I attract is kind of questionable.

So someone that actually doesn't seem to have some Real Concerning Issues is just. Absolutely wild to me? Like I'm just kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop and show that, no, no you still suck at this. A lot.

I GUESS THAT IS. It's just a whole lot of relearning stuff and knowing that I don't have to rush myself anymore.

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[puddlesoverdios]

You at least recognize that you have made mistakes in the past, Jolly Jolyne. That is quite a bit more than many people - men or women - can say the same for.

Though to be fair, a woman making a poor choice runs a risk in losing her honor in my era. At least here, if you have made a poor choice, you will have Jonathan and myself to lean on, and any of your friends. Is that not what family is for? Even family as far-flung as we are?

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[strings_theory]

Still doesn't mean I'm not making terribly decisions or something? But, uh, thanks?

"Losing her honor"? Spell that one out for me, go ahead.

I mean, it's more than I really got back home, so I'll take it. But hopefully it won't... come to that? I don't think it'll come to that, anyway.

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[puddlesoverdios]

Well, regardless, we're here.

And yes, her honor. It's not simply her hymen, but her place in society. Women would sometimes be completely removed from socialization because of indiscretions.

[If anyone forgot that Erina was a nurse, well...]

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[strings_theory]

[She sort of forgot she was, because she's trying to not crack up at how blunt that one was, goddamn.]

God, pretty sure I'd be in trouble so many times over by this point. Even now.

But noted.

It's hilarious imagining your saying hymen and I don't know why.

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[puddlesoverdios]

It's perhaps not as poetic and descriptive as "maidenhead" or "virginity" but it is the correct term...?

Is it... my accent, perhaps?

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[strings_theory]

More that it's clinical as all hell, I think? I dunno.

But yeah, I... guess it wouldn't be too bad of a thing to speculate on at least, huh?