[video]

[breatheinthefog]

*Kaoru starts the video feed in her room. Next to her on the floor is a pile of textbooks. She holds up the one she's got open in her other hand, looks at it, and then looks back at the camera.

It's the sex ed textbook.

All she has to say about this is...*

Really?

*The video shuts off.*

Comments

[thanklesswork]

[Kid returns the shrug.]

I ain't a Mancer, so I got no fancy-pants answer for ya. We just come in all shapes, sizes, and sorts. Good and proper, bad 'n wrong, and folks who just get by.

Well...think everyone's that last one.

[Little more talkative now. He's getting used to Kaoru.]

[breatheinthefog]

I don't really care what people are either way.

[thanklesswork]

Whatever gets you by. Not the type to talk about that anyways.

[breatheinthefog]

It's pointless.

[thanklesswork]

What is?

[breatheinthefog]

Lots of things are.

[thanklesswork]

Yeah, there's a lot of those. Some things need doing, though.

[breatheinthefog]

Besides, everyone is human here anyway.

[thanklesswork]

[This conversation is like hopscotch.]

Looks like it.

[breatheinthefog]

Hn.

[thanklesswork]

It bother you?

[breatheinthefog]

It feels strange.

[thanklesswork]

Imagine it would be. How strange?

[breatheinthefog]

Warm. Distracting. I've gotten used to it now.