[redactable] catchall for rufus

[dawnblushed]

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w0, friday now that i'm not conked out

[dawnblushed]

[There are so many things in this town Yona has never seen before.

Turnstiles are one of them! When she comes across them at the railroad station, she frowns, thinking they're some kind of barrier, and puts her hand on one to brace herself to climb over - only for the pressure to be enough to push the turnstile forward. If she were walking, she would have been able to pass though.

She pauses, then... does exactly that, staring at the device as it turns to allow her entry. Huh! Interesting. A moment later, she turns around and tries to push it the other way, but... nope, that isn't how that works.]

...did I break it?

[...no, she didn't, because she's able to turn it the way she came... weird...]

[soulus]

[The railroad station is a fairly familiar sight. Rufus is already there and backtracking when he comes across Yona, who's clearly new to even this level of technology.]

Those are one-way. It will not turn the other way.

[dawnblushed]

...how do they make it do that?

[What an interesting invention...]

[soulus]

You'll have to ask someone who makes them for a living.

It regulates traffic. In some cases, only those who've paid their fee are allowed to pass.

[dawnblushed]

But it just let us go right through... I wonder why it's here.

[There wasn't any fee for them to pay... weird.]

[soulus]

There are neither tracks nor a train. As it is now, this station is a waste of space.

[dawnblushed]

[sorry, but.]

What's a "train"?

[soulus]

A mode of transportation. It's capable of carrying many passengers.

[dawnblushed]

Oh! Like a carriage?

[soulus]

Yes, but bigger and faster.

[dawnblushed]

Huh... I wonder why I've never heard of one before. That sounds like something useful.

[Yona's goal: bring trains to Kouka.]

[soulus]

Perhaps they've yet to be invented in your world. Where I'm from, carriages preceded trains.

[dawnblushed]

How much would it cost for you to teach me how to make one?

[soulus]

I'm afraid I can't. I don't know how to make trains. But I can refer you to someone who does.

[dawnblushed]

Oh? There's someone here who knows how to do that?

[soulus]

If there is, I don't know them. You will have to wait until we can leave this place.

[dawnblushed]

Oh.

I'm not very good at waiting.

[soulus]

If you want to know, you'll have to learn. Not everything happens overnight.

[dawnblushed]

It's fine if it takes a while to learn. It's just annoying to have to wait to even start learning.

[soulus]

You can learn to wait.

[dawnblushed]

[opens mouth



closes mouth. yeah, that's true.]

[soulus]

They say that patience is a virtue. Do you care to be virtuous?

[dawnblushed]

...it doesn't feel like there's a good answer to this question.

[soulus]

. . . Is that so?

[dawnblushed]

Right! Because obviously, it's good to be virtuous, but sometimes being too patient means you let things pass you by, and that's not good.