[She opens the door and motions him inside. It's a fairly open floor plan, with a lot of wood, some paintings on the wall and a wooden table and a couch.]
Feel free to pick the table or the couch! Either is good. I'll bring the tea pot over.
So, Justine made a request, and I told her you and I would discuss it.
[She goes back to the open counter, before bringing back a tea tray. There's a small thing of milk, sugar, as well as their two cups and tea pot she sets on the table.]
She asked you to pass along the request. You have some reservations. I'm not sure how I'd prevent her from keeping the petals, without excessive amounts of surveillance. You've proposed a compromise.
Do you think she should have roses back, or are you passing the request along because she asked you to, regardless of your own opinion?
[Jedao turns his teacup in his hands, humming thoughtfully. As Justine's warden, he happens to know just how complicated her feelings about her mother are. So that's interesting.]
Thank you. For your kindness to her, and for your judgement. I'll discuss it with her.
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My place or yours?
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I can make tea for both of us, if you want tea or coffee.
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I'll leave the door open for you.
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[She opens the door and motions him inside. It's a fairly open floor plan, with a lot of wood, some paintings on the wall and a wooden table and a couch.]
Feel free to pick the table or the couch! Either is good. I'll bring the tea pot over.
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Thank you, Aerith.
[He picks the table.]
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[She closes the door. The table, wooden as everything is old, worn, but well cared for. It even smells faintly of wood polish.]
I appreciate you coming by.
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What's the situation?
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[She goes back to the open counter, before bringing back a tea tray. There's a small thing of milk, sugar, as well as their two cups and tea pot she sets on the table.]
She wants to have roses back in her room.
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She would need more than one or two roses to make any sort of rose oil- which I assume is part of the potion.
I would say...no demask roses. And no keeping the petals.
We could do an alternative and ask Hanna or someone else skilled with origami to make paper roses.
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But- to let you know, the soap interest doesn't have to meddle with her aesthetic interest.
I'm mostly thinking...that it could be an excuse, if anyone finds out and tries to make a fuss.
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Do you think she should have roses back, or are you passing the request along because she asked you to, regardless of your own opinion?
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She's told me that roses remind her of her mother- more than once. And as a person, I'd want to give her that comfort.
But also, she is someone you care for and are responsible for. I'm not going to undermine you. So this is what I'll say:
As a warden, I would say I'm not sure if I should right now. And as a gardener, I would also have to say roses don't last very long in a vase.
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Thank you. For your kindness to her, and for your judgement. I'll discuss it with her.
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[Her smile is small, but it is genuine.]
Sometimes...it's hard to know if I've been really kind or just soft with her. But, I'll keep trying.
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What would being too soft with someone look like? In your opinion.
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At the very least.
Not the 'sneak a cookie' sort of wrong. Bigger ones.
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Well...unless keeping the roses was soft and not practical long term...?
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