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[burntbridges]

[Letha's confusion over this new technology is clear from the first moment of the video. She's turned on the camera facing away from her, showing her desk full of neatly organized piles of paper, all forms with neat cursive scrawled across them. The angle is skewed, camera shaky, and she keeps moving it as she tries to figure out the device.]

There's absolutely nothing like this in my world...

[Sure, she'd tried very hard to follow the orientation instructions, but she's handling it much like a grandmother with her first smartphone. She finally gets it turned around, but that just gives viewers a worm's eye view of her shocked face as she sees the unflattering angle and turns it back around to her desk.]

If only I could write on these, it would be so much simpler. Well, anyway. Can anyone hear me? I thought it might be prudent to contact this 'network'... and see if anyone who understands these... inventions better than me could lend me a hand.

[Go easy on her, she's never even seen a telephone or typewriter before.]

Comments

[burntbridges]

A lady never complains.

[She holds her head high at this - she's had it veritably beaten into her head that no one really cares if she's upset over something she can fix. Or something she can't.]

I've tried keeping my bed tidy and I can dress myself fine, but I'm still not sure exactly how one gets food without requesting it from a maid. The entire concept is a bit above my head.

[Food just kind of... happens. She's never had to worry about what happens before it ends up on her plate.]

[greatcleavage]

I have no idea to cook either... I always hit up taverns or eat rations out on the trail. But given that we have communal living, it would be pretty easy to see if someone else will cook for you, I think? [He can't imagine any reasonable person saying no.]

[burntbridges]

I'd hate to impose... I'm not a noble here and I can't think of any reason they would have to feed me.

[greatcleavage]

Basic human decency.

[Roy has seen good and bad in the world in great measure. Maybe more bad than good, but he still believes in good, and in people's capacity to live up to its standards.]

[burntbridges]

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask... even if I don't believe decency is a basic skill.

[At least, she doesn't know many people who are very good at it.]

[greatcleavage]

If you assume decency in everyone, you'll often be disappointed. But if you don't assume decency, you'll often make that assumption self-fulfilling.

[And you know, personal beliefs and morality and so forth.]