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[the_awesome_one]

[It takes her a moment to speak, wiping away a happy tear or two that escaped.]

Oh, gosh, no, the absolute opposite. It was really sweet and just...a really funny mental image.

[When she can, she takes one of Lauri's hands and gives it a squeeze.]

For someone getting to know this planet, you really seem to know the right things to say.

[kree_soldieress]

[She's still confused.]

Do you not pelt unsuitable and distasteful suitors with spoiled fruits and meats? Is that only a Kree thign?

[the_awesome_one]

[She shrugs]

It'd probably make things a little better if we did - clearly we have a lot to learn from the Kree.

[kree_soldieress]

[Perhaps it would not, perhaps it would. Who knows. Lauri-Ell doesn't.]

Well, had I the materials, I would pelt him.

[the_awesome_one]

[She grins, still giggling.]

I know, which is what makes it so great.

He also never made me laugh like this, so...yeah. I think 'listen to Lauri-Ell' will just be the order of the day.

[kree_soldieress]

[Never made her laugh like this? Lauri-Ell might have to leave some spoiling meats in his bed. She MIGHT have access, given she's allowed in the mansion like this... She will have to consider that.]

I am sorry that he is a sub-par male specimen.

[She says, with a completely straight face, before taking a mouthful of food out of some fried rice. Yes, this is good too.]

[the_awesome_one]

[She waves it away]

He is, as of tonight, absolutely the past. Time to look to the future and all that.

[kree_soldieress]

Oh, I don't advice scrying the future. It gives Mur-G'nn headaches she says. It is very difficult and often misleading.

[the_awesome_one]

I'll bear it in mind.

[She shakes her head, sighing.]

I'm just going to say it: you're going to make a lady incredibly lucky one day, you know that?

[And just in case...]

By which I mean if you're this sweet and kind now, I posit you'll be even better in girlfriend-mode.

[kree_soldieress]

[Lauri-Ell offers a small smile, perhaps a frustrated one.]

I hope I shall. However there is not much time to 'go on the market' as they say. I spend much of my time working. Rebuilding a justice structure under the Emperor's approval has not been simple.

[the_awesome_one]

[She nods, sympathetically.]

Yeah, that can't be easy. You'll just have to figure out who you like and go for it. I mean, not that you don't have some built in great moves already.

Kissing someone then announcing that only your Emperor's command can keep you away will work very well, I think.

[kree_soldieress]

[Is that really a method? Lauri-Ell laughs and shakes her head.]

That would not be noble behavior, Jan. I shall resist such dramatics. I would rather be liked for my honesty and feelings than for such behaviors.

[the_awesome_one]

[She grins, shrugging.]

That's what'll do it for you, I know. Us Earth Girls like us some passion.

But you do have this whole knight-errant thing going on that was once considered very romantic.

[kree_soldieress]

[Knight-errant?]

I do not know what a knight-errant is. Are they like the Knights of the Infinite? I am sworn to the service of the Emperor as they are.

[the_awesome_one]

Sort of, yeah. It was that they had to go on quests for their sworn liege and they would carry out their oaths faithfully, and always behave towards their loves with both grace and dignity.

It's not so much of a romantic image now, but it used to be in our movies and books.

[She ponders.]

Hasn't really been done much, for ladies loving ladies - that'd make for some neat stuff.

[kree_soldieress]

Oh.

[Lauri-Ell's eyes almost glitter at the idea. The way she talks about it? It's amazing.]

That is a good thing to be. To have such nobility.

[the_awesome_one]

[She smiles at that. She looks so pleased with it.]

It was always an ideal, not usually something achieved in reality - but I read the old poetry books on the subject like mad when I was a teenager.

[kree_soldieress]

[Poetry books?]

Do you have any I might read?

[the_awesome_one]

[She nods.]

Sure, gimme a sec.

[She hops up, popping off her shoes so she can make a run up the stairs. She's gone for about five minutes, coming back with a small stack. She folds herself onto her knees in front of Lauri, nodding.]

Ok, I may have gone a little overboard. Got...two volumes of romantic poetry, but there's also a couple really well-known texts. There's Roswall and Lillian, which is short - oh, and Amadis de Gaula - buuut the most famous one, in English at least, is this one: Le Morte d'Arthur.

[kree_soldieress]

[Oh, that's a very nice stack. She's very excited.]

Thank you very kindly, Janet. I shall start reading tonight if you fall asleep early. Learning of these things will please me. You are the best friend.

[the_awesome_one]

[She beams, happy enough to help she misses the 'Janet' this time.]

Want to read together? I was going to suggest a movie, but this sounds...well, pretty great.

[kree_soldieress]

[Ah, that sounds truly lovely. Lauri-Ell nods.]

Yes, but you must eat first. Surely you are not full already?

[the_awesome_one]

[She nodded.]

Getting there, buuuuut if I concentrate on the chicken balls...

[She offers over a box full of them, first.]

I'll get there pretty quick. I love these things.

[kree_soldieress]

[Lauri-Ell tilts her head and looks forward to see them.]

Chickens come in many shapes. How do they know to do that? Do you breed them for it?

[the_awesome_one]

[She smiles at that. Oh, gosh.]

We breed them for a lot of things, but in this case they take some of the meat, roll it into a ball, cover that in a bit of bread, and then deep fry it. Here, hang on...

[She hands over some of the perennial orange sauce that comes with them.]

You dip them in this, if you want some contrast in flavor. They're simple and very popular.