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Parents can be quite the best and worst influences.

A bit of both, I suppose. And yes, we do have magicians. Magic and science alike were generally respected in our household.

[Ah. Of course she noticed. Rosella really is too clever for her own good, isn't she?]

I lost my mother last year. My father died just a few short months ago.

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[And so their playful little game of salutations comes to a standstill. But that's not altogether unexpected, is it?]

Both of them, so soon after each other...I'm so sorry.

I know that doesn't make much difference. All the condolences in the world won't...they're just words. They don't change anything of the ache.

Do you have any other family? Siblings?

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Condolences are still more than I would expect.

No. I was an only child, and my parents had no siblings or parents left to the world either.

I manage.

[does he tho]

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I wouldn't have guessed, if you hadn't said something about it. I suppose that means you're managing better than I would, in your place.

My...my father was on the brink of death just a few days ago. It was mostly my fault.

I don't mean to...

It's just. I understand, a bit. Some bit of what you must be feeling. That's all.

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[She means well. She really does, and Alucard believes that, but he still can't help but physically wince at that.

Mostly my fault.]

I've had time to mourn them both.

[he said, like a liar]

I know you aren't saying it to assume that you completely understand. You are being empathetic, and that is more than I would ask or expect.

Thank you.

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You don't expect much from anyone, do you? That's twice now you've said so.

You make it sound as though kindness is in short supply in Wallachia.

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I suppose that I did. A bit embarrassing.

Kindness is a rare thing in much of the world. Not nonexistent but certainly not what I would call typical.

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I think people find themselves short on kindness when they're afraid. It's a shame, because that's also often when kindness is needed most.

In any case, it's not rare with you.

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If nothing else, fear is indeed very commonplace in Wallachia.

You think so, yet I was rude to you when we first met.

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You were, but if you were thinking that you'd been the rudest person I've had the displeasure of meeting in recent memory, I'm sorry to say you've run up against some very stiff competition.

You did offer your help, however gruffly at first. And you've yet to call me ugly. So I'm afraid you'll have to be far more rude, now, if you intend to make up that lost ground.

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Oh my. I have a lot to catch up on, then. Well, I'm not going to lie and call you "ugly", that's absurd. Anyone who has called you as such is blinder than a mole.

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[Well, never mind the nightlight, then, HER BLUSHING will do admirably at lighting up the room as it is.]

If that's your attempt at being rude, then I'd certainly like to see how you are at your most courteous.

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Oh no, I can be a horrendous bastard. Give me time.

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I'll believe that when I see it! What are you going to do, pull my hair? Push me in a lake?

You've already promised not to tell lies while you're being rude, so let's just rule that out from the start.

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Are you actually asking me to be rude to you now? Just to prove that I can?

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You know, I just so think I am. Go on, then, take all the time you like. Let's see what you come up with.

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Oh, this is a terrible idea. But fine.

Are you the type of person to use animal entrails for medicinal use, or do you at least boil your grass?

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I said rude, not disgusting! But come now, I'm barely scandalized. Is that your very best?

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Look, I've little reason to be rude to you yet, give me time.

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Yes, that's about what I expected you'd say. When you couldn't do it.

As a matter of fact, you've done just the opposite, and been kind to me while you were trying to be rude.

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Goodness. Perhaps you are indeed the rudest of us both.

It's a bit difficult to be when someone has been kind to me in return, truthfully.

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I most certainly am NOT!

...Though, if you'll pardon me being a bit forward, there is something I've been meaning to ask you. It's nothing awful, I promise.

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Being forward is not the same as rude. Please, ask me what you wish.

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Do you always keep your hair so long? I think yours might be longer than mine, even, and mine always gets in the way if I don't pin it back. How do you keep it from going all a mess?

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I have for ages, yes. Though I'll admit it's gotten a bit longer than usual in the past few months. I'll admit that I don't exactly have typical means to keep it as it is.