001 ☀ Stahn Aileron, Otome Yanagiya

[majinken]

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[mombastic]

Do they all have names?

[ Is she going to have to memorize an entire flock? ]

[majinken]

Uh-huh! It wouldn't be right if we didn't name them all. Jonathan's just the one I spend the most time with!

[mombastic]

... Well, I'll make sure to do my best remembering them all...

[ She knows the names of seventy-plus medical diseases, she can do this. ]

[majinken]

It's not like you have to memorize them all at once... You should at least meet Gramps and Lilith first...

[look at stahn, having his priorities in order!]

And I guess we really need to figure out the other stuff too.

[mombastic]

... Ah. Will they be all right knowing I'm from a different world entirely?

[ Does she need to dampen the truth a bit? ]

[majinken]

It might take a little bit of explaining... and Lilith may have a hard time with it, but I think it'll be okay.

[it's not like he can lie about it; he's a terrible liar and they see right through him, after all. of course, that's also the reason they may actually be able to believe it, he thinks.]

[mombastic]

I guess we'll just have to see for ourselves, won't we?

[ ... this might be awkward. ]

[majinken]

It might be a little strange, but... it'll be okay. There's nothing you need to worry about, Otome.

[not about that, at least. they've seen a lot of stuff, so he feels assured in finding a way to make them understand the situation.]

They're my family... it's not like they'd do anything to hurt you, or turn you away.

[mombastic]

Oh no, I realize that-- but I do want to try making a good impression.

[ Just because. ]

[majinken]

Eh? You don't have to worry about that, Otome!

[his confusion and concern melts away into a bright smile.]

They're really nice and warm people, they'll definitely like you a lot! Even if the situation is confusing... there's no way they'd think bad of you or anything like that!

[mombastic]

... Well, if they're anything like you, that doesn't surprise me at all.

[ A family full of Stahns... well, she's seen Lilith for herself, though. ]

[majinken]

Well... I don't think we're exactly the same, but Gramps raised me and Lilith on his own, so I guess we're similar in a lot of ways!

[lilith is definitely the scarier of the aileron siblings, but she's still nice once she gets past her initial skepticisms.]

[mombastic]

I can definitely tell you have a strong sense of family values.

[ His grandpa did very well. ]

[majinken]

They're important to me. Them, everyone in this village—they're all I ever knew before I left.

[before he met dymlos, before his whole fate had changed—so those people are all precious to him.]

[mombastic]

I see... it does seem like a good community here. [ She might have gotten further if she'd just mentioned Stahn's name, even if she'd had no idea this town was even his home. Or that this world was. ]

[majinken]

It is... it definitely is. They're all like family to me in a way.

[he smiles warmly—it's pretty clear how much he cares for everyone, though maybe that's not surprising when it's stahn.]

[mombastic]

Then that's wonderful. You'll have to let me introduce myself to them later.

[ Immediate family first. That's a little bit easier. ]

[majinken]

I can! But I guess you should meet Gramps and Lilith before anyone else. Even if... everyone's going to be talking about us for a while...

[that sequence of events was enough to get the gossip mill turning.]

[mombastic]

... We'll work it out.

[ To his farm? Home? ]

[majinken]

Right.

[it'll work out.]

Let's go—my house isn't too far from here. [it's pretty much a stone's throw away, but he's happy to lead the way.]

[mombastic]

I'll follow your lead!

[ at a brisk walk, even! She can do this. ]

[majinken]

...I'm really glad you can see Leane now, Otome.

[he'll say as he walks; it's really just idle conversation to pass the time along the way—but it's not less true, of course.]

[mombastic]

I'm also glad! I know you've told me stories, but getting to see it for myself is amazing.

[ And it's such a cute place... ]

[majinken]

I did my best to explain it before, but... I guess it's a little different if you can see it for yourself.

[it really is a quintessential farm village, quiet and peaceful—the air is warm even as the breeze comes off from the nearby coast, and the outline of mountains wrapped in a fog can be seen in the distance outside the town.]

How long has it been for you, anyway? Since... then.

[mombastic]

Mm... almost a year?

[ It's hard to imagine. She's still riveted by the sight of the distant mountains... it's so much more peaceful than Osaka. ]