[redactable] catchall for rufus

[dawnblushed]

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[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.

[soulus]

That's indolence.

When you're patient, you lie in wait for those things. Only negligence would allow them to pass by you.

[dawnblushed]

Okay, but then how do you know when going for something is just not letting it pass you by, and when it's impatience?

[soulus]

Doesn't that depend on the person?

Your original answer was fine.

[dawnblushed]

Was it?

[Her original answer was that there wasn't a good answer...]

[soulus]

Yes.

Being a virtuous person means nothing. It's better not to dwell on such things.

[dawnblushed]

[...huh! Yona can't help but giggle at that.]

You know, you're a really interesting guy, Rufus.

[soulus]

It doesn't matter to me if I'm interesting or not.

[What a strange child.]

Once we leave this world, I will refer you to an engineer. You'll need to find a capable machinist to build on the blueprint.

[dawnblushed]

Will I owe you anything for the referral?

[soulus]

There will be a referral fee, of course. I'll decide on the charge during the transaction.

[dawnblushed]

Wait, what if the price you decide on is more than I have? Tell me beforehand so I can save up!

[soulus]

How do you intend on saving up here? Or are you saying that you have nothing even in your world?

[dawnblushed]

I could barter with people for things while we're here. I bet I could get some really good stuff that way with enough time.

...and I have stuff back home! But there's a big group of us traveling together, so if it would be too much, I'd have to make sure to earn some more money to make up for it.