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Huh. That's saying something, given my metabolism. He must really put it away.

[ Has he gotten her off the subject of eyebrow tinting... ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!

[ An exaggeration. Sort of. And hey! He might have gotten her off the subject of - oh, nope. Never mind. ]

𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐? 𝘖𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴.

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[ Well, it had been worth a shot. ]

I don't know, Hilda. It's not really my thing, but if you're really set on trying it out on someone, I guess I do owe you for showing up to training every week.

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....𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?!

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Well, your reaction is making me reconsider...

[theidlemaiden]

[ Insert throat clearing noises here. ]

𝘐'𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦...𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸!

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Look who's talking.

[ For the stubborn part, that is. ]

Believe it or not, I'm actually pretty used to having to try and adapt to new things.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵.

[ In other words: yes, she's incredibly stubborn. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵! 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?

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Maybe we can discuss more after our next training session?

[ She will likely be more pushy in person, but for now, he's just going to settle for stalling. ]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺! 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦. 𝘖𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰.

[ Are you really going to break a girl's hopes and dreams, Steve? ]

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[ She does seem pretty excited...

Maybe it won't be so bad. ]

All right, sounds good.