PC: Daan

[sootprints]

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[recession]

She wasn't caught and sent to serve you as a punishment for helping you, was she...?

[sootprints]

I don't think so. The people of the village believed it to be a great honor to send their children to the manor.

[recession]

...Despite her odd, almost hypnotised-like state?

[sootprints]

... I believe the villagers are also under the thrall of the House's authority.

[recession]

[ Hm. Well.

That sure is something. ]

...My. This House you live in has quite the power, doesn't it...

[sootprints]

Yes. I believe the only way to tear it down is from within.

[recession]

Where do you plan on going after the fact?

[sootprints]

I won't go anywhere. I want to take the house and make it mine.

[recession]

..Become the new master, make reforms and all?

That's pretty ambitious.

[sootprints]

It is. But I have to do it.

[recession]

[ THIS TAG FEELS LIKE FOREVER AGO. WHAT WAS THIS WEEKEND? ]

...I respect the defiance and everything, Miss Kate... but...

How? Do you have a plan? It's not so easy to change the structure of an entire city alone.

[ And you're also a baby... Do you have allies? ]

[sootprints]

[ ... ]

I...

... It's true that I acted impulsively, entering the house with no real plan.

[ she has to admit that. ]

I've been working on raising my standing and gathering allies. I don't know what it will take to win, but it's progress.

[recession]

...

Almost sounds like politics.

[ Kate... you are going to make a brilliant strategist or maybe not. ]

I thought you were always from the house. Is that not the case?

[sootprints]

[ she hesitates...

then shakes her head. ]

I'm from outside the manor. I sneaked inside and took the guise of one of the nobles there.

[recession]

...

[ Jeez. ]

Nobody can say you're not committed to your goal, that's for sure, Miss Kate. Are you going to be alright?

I'm not much for encouraging it exactly, but the "wish" they offer... if it's true, could probably save you a lot of trouble.

[sootprints]

... I think so, too. I worry that my situation could become very dangerous very quickly if I'm discovered.

Do you also intend to pursue a "wish"?

[recession]

I'd like it if you remained safe. It sounds precarious.

...

I... I don't know. I've considered it, imagined my choices -- but even now, I'm still not so sure.

[sootprints]

Is it the wish you're not sure about, or whether it's work the risk?

[recession]

Both.

The dangers are obviously clear, but the wish... I'm not sure what I'd even ask for.

[sootprints]

Really? You don't have anything you want that badly?

[recession]

I have some obvious thoughts, but...

Have just about equal reasons to be hesitant about it too, that's all.

[sootprints]

About the consequences of the wish itself?

[recession]

More or less. And the entire situation here considered, but personal ones too.