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[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.

[kree_soldieress]

[Dip them, huh? Lauri-Ell takes her fork and spears a chicken ball and then dips it. And once she eats it, she makes a pleased noise.]

This is very good suace. What is it called?

[the_awesome_one]

Sweet and sour sauce.

[She pokes one of her own with a chopstick.]

I could eat them every day, I really could.

[kree_soldieress]

I suppose I would consider that sour. I do not taste the sweet to it, though. Perhaps my tongue works different.

[the_awesome_one]

[A nod as she takes a bite.]

It's that way for a lot of people. Me, it tastes syrup-y. Sweet, for sure.

[kree_soldieress]

Perhaps it reflects your nature?

[the_awesome_one]

[That one earns a slight giggle.]

Ok, I know you're being honest and straightforward, but these are actually date-level compliments - and yeah, when you find your Earth-girl, you are absolutely ready.

[kree_soldieress]

[Oh, Lauri-Ell laughs.]

I am glad I will know how to talk to them.

[the_awesome_one]

[She nods]

Talk to, make swoon and fall head over heels for you, yeah.

[A pause]

That's an expression for rapidly and significantly developing attraction for you.

[kree_soldieress]

[Ah, that is good to know. Lauri-Ell keeps smiling as she thinks.]

I think I would like that. To be cared for. I have never known that. Affectionate love.