[As if! Garreg Mach is one of the few places in all of Fodlan where those barriers between the commonfolk and the nobility were supposed to be torn down! They attend class together, train together, eat together... Caspar shakes his head.]
That excuse is so flimsy, I'm not sure I even believe it's the real reason you're not going.
[ Oops. Caught in a lie, is he? Well, he’s not lying per se -- that is a very valid, very real reason he’s every intention of sitting the affair out. But, is it his primary justification?
No. Not really. ]
Oh, alright--[ spoken like someone who hadn’t wanted to surrender the following information ]--it’s also that balls are for dancing; and I...
[ This isn’t something to be ashamed of, yet he feels a modicum of shame for it anyway, for some reason. ]
...I was never taught how.
[ His head shakes. ]
If I went, and someone asked me to dance, I wouldn't even know where to begin.
[Whatever indignation Caspar had falls at the sight of genuine shame on his face. He'd expected a little embarrassment, but not this.]
Oh... oh yeah, that makes sense.
[It's easy to forget who is and isn't a noble with noble training, here. And Ashe probably didn't have the chance to learn even while living with Lonato, right? Still...]
Well, we've still got a month before the ball. I could teach you!
[The look in Caspar's eyes says he's already set on it, actually. Get ready, Ashe.]
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Date: 2019-11-11 04:35 am (UTC)[As if! Garreg Mach is one of the few places in all of Fodlan where those barriers between the commonfolk and the nobility were supposed to be torn down! They attend class together, train together, eat together... Caspar shakes his head.]
That excuse is so flimsy, I'm not sure I even believe it's the real reason you're not going.
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Date: 2019-11-11 04:44 am (UTC)No. Not really. ]
Oh, alright--[ spoken like someone who hadn’t wanted to surrender the following information ]--it’s also that balls are for dancing; and I...
[ This isn’t something to be ashamed of, yet he feels a modicum of shame for it anyway, for some reason. ]
...I was never taught how.
[ His head shakes. ]
If I went, and someone asked me to dance, I wouldn't even know where to begin.
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Date: 2019-11-13 01:26 am (UTC)Oh... oh yeah, that makes sense.
[It's easy to forget who is and isn't a noble with noble training, here. And Ashe probably didn't have the chance to learn even while living with Lonato, right? Still...]
Well, we've still got a month before the ball. I could teach you!
[The look in Caspar's eyes says he's already set on it, actually. Get ready, Ashe.]
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Date: 2019-11-13 04:01 am (UTC)Until now.
Or a month from now, rather. Which is more than enough time for him to learn. But--]
Ahh, are you sure? [ !! ] That you want to go to the trouble, I mean.