The Tailor's head dipped quietly. They schooled their expression, trying not to obviously react to the minor outburst, or to the shaky but clearly practiced accent. They were thinking very hard about how hard it had been to master their own.
(And it had been hard, and they still slipped sometimes, into the accent associated with the gutter, breathless hs and long as that sounded like is and dropped es, and every time they caught themself they were certain someone would see right through them--)
They blinked and took a breath. "I think it's a likely way of burning your tongue out of your mouth. At least your eyebrows grow back."
It was still proper etiquette English, but they could feel how badly their tongue wanted to relax into old habits. They dug their canine tooth into it, before continuing, "You really don't know too much about the older cities? They say London's the Fifth. I don't pretend to know much about the other ones, but London is on them. Literally, on top of. The last one, you can see a lot of the relics in the Forgotten Quarter. And the Museum. Oh, have you been to the Museum?" With this, they lit up a little. "They have artifacts from the Second City through the Fourth!"
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Date: 2025-06-24 01:28 am (UTC)(And it had been hard, and they still slipped sometimes, into the accent associated with the gutter, breathless hs and long as that sounded like is and dropped es, and every time they caught themself they were certain someone would see right through them--)
They blinked and took a breath. "I think it's a likely way of burning your tongue out of your mouth. At least your eyebrows grow back."
It was still proper etiquette English, but they could feel how badly their tongue wanted to relax into old habits. They dug their canine tooth into it, before continuing, "You really don't know too much about the older cities? They say London's the Fifth. I don't pretend to know much about the other ones, but London is on them. Literally, on top of. The last one, you can see a lot of the relics in the Forgotten Quarter. And the Museum. Oh, have you been to the Museum?" With this, they lit up a little. "They have artifacts from the Second City through the Fourth!"