ic contact;

[originallutece]

Text | Voice | Video | Action

Comments

[originallutece]

Now that I would dearly like to see. Perhaps you can teach me how to be a thief, hm?

[roseblooms]

[...Uh-oh.]

Would you enjoy that?

A background in lockpicking and safecracking is never a bad skillset to possess.

[originallutece]

I would, actually. It's been a long time since I've been anyone's student, but I think I could pick it up fairly quickly.

When can we start?

[roseblooms]

Give me a chance to accumulate some locks.

[...Hmmm...]

And some gifts to secure behind them.

[originallutece]

I don't think there's any greater motivator than curiosity, well done.

Is that what it takes to be a good thief, then? Lockpicking and safe cracking? Or is there more to it?

[roseblooms]

Those are the skills of a good thief that CAN be taught. There are many more that can't.

Patience. Observation. Cunning. The ability to make split-second decisions still founded in fact and reason.

I had an associate once who wanted very badly to be a good thief. But all the technical skills in the world couldn't have made him one.

[originallutece]

Understood.

[Not that she actually wants to be a thief. But it's always interesting to learn new things, and given Kurama describes himself as the thief, well. She'd be a fool to disagree.]

How long was he able to endure before he was caught?

[roseblooms]

Longer than he should have. For a while, I saved him from his follies.

Eventually, he grew to blindly rely on that safety net, which was another of his many mistakes.

[originallutece]

Would you make that decision today?

[roseblooms]

You mean would I save him from his folly?

[originallutece]

The opposite. I assume the implication was that you stopped saving him at some point, and yet - though I admit my viewpoint is biased - it's difficult for me to imagine you doing such a thing.

So: would you make that decision here and now, given your recent forced regret?

[roseblooms]

...

You're right. I did stop saving him, after a time.

I wouldn't do again what I did. Regardless of the role his choices played in his own consequences.

[originallutece]

[Hmm. An interesting answer. What's more surprising is that she somewhat regrets asking.

Well, all right. She can change the topic easily enough. So, after a little pause:]

Tell me what I should do to prepare for the lesson.

[roseblooms]

You're trying to make me feel better.

[Which they're both aware of, of course, and which doesn't actually bear commenting on. And yet still, he remarks upon it. Maybe it's just a nice observation to make.]

Your hearing isn't nearly as sensitive as mine. I don't suppose you could find some way of addressing that, while I ready the rest of it for you?

[originallutece]

I'm told it's what friends are supposed to do.

And I can certainly try. Simple amplification shouldn't be too much of an issue, though it still might not be as good as yours.

[roseblooms]

You have many of the traits and behaviors of a friend, Rosalind.

It should prove useful eventually, I would imagine. There are some aspects of the process I simply take for granted, and it wouldn't do to have a lesson interrupted by my asking you to listen for something you're physically incapable of hearing.