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Promise is on her way home when she hears something just about crashing through the woods. What could that be?
She lands in a nearby tree, relaxes her wings, and peers at the source of the sound.
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imeanforever
imeanforever
"I wasn't expecting you to be especially repulsed...? And if I had an eye in my torso or something I probably wouldn't cover it up, that sounds like it would be uncomfortable. I do not have any eyes besides the two in my head."
castmyown
"Same here," he snorts. "Just the two eyes." Pause. "... This would be so much easier if I were not horribly shy..."
castmyown
"I have no idea, but I've never had to explain how mortals work um - physically before."
castmyown
"Yeah. So I'm not sure where to start." Pause. "... Okay. Okay, I'm going to be an adult about this. Are you expecting me to have a um - a penis?"
imeanforever
"I was not forming expectations," she says. "But I'm familiar with the concept! So that's promising. So to speak."
imeanforever
"Okay, we're probably made from similar body plan - menus. There's some awkwardness over with."
imeanforever
"Is waiting for the discussed anatomy to be relevant a mortal etiquette thing related to the business with the towel?" wonders Promise, during a lull in kisses.
castmyown
"Yeah," he says. "Also, I'm kind of - shy. So I'm maybe not a good example for all of mortal etiquette."
imeanforever
"Can you explain this etiquette to me before I accidentally upset you somehow?"
castmyown
"You're not likely to upset me with it. Fluster me, probably. But not - actually upset without a bit more conscious work."
imeanforever
"I don't especially want to fluster you, either. Although maybe it's unavoidable if explaining would itself be flustering."
imeanforever
"Okay then. But for reference - when fairies have relationships with each other, usually, it's either part of an elaborate sort of game for each other's names, or they've already got a master/vassal setup and the master is doing whatever they like and the vassal might be more or less pleased about it. The part where I have fed you and am not giving you binding instructions more or less constantly is unconventional. So - I can be very little guided by convention here and it would help if I knew what background you were working from."
castmyown
"Ah, wow. That's - mortals don't structure our relationships like that at all. Since binding instructions aren't a thing, people in a - healthy relationship try to keep power pretty evenly distributed among all parties involved. Which also means, that if you do something another member of the relationship finds uncomfortable, or push too far - they can just leave. Literally whenever. So the mortal etiquette is a polite way of setting well understood boundaries for everyone involved. For example, uh - it's generally seen as kind of rude to ogle people without permission. Especially if you've caught them um - when they're vulnerable. Which includes right after they've bathed and are wearing nothing but a towel."
Is that a blush? Aww, look, that's a blush.
Is that a blush? Aww, look, that's a blush.
imeanforever
"You keep using the word vulnerable. How does wearing a towel make someone vulnerable? Vulnerable to what? For that matter, what power do mortals have to distribute?"
castmyown
"Vulnerable to - not anything bad physically, but - judgement? Um. Appearing to not be prepared and having other people think badly of you or see things that you didn't want them to see. By power I don't mean the ability to do terrible things to each other, but things like, where they go on dates, plans for the future, uh - that sort of thing? I'm kind of bad at the specifics, I haven't been in a relationship besides - uh, with you."
imeanforever
"It would seem to me that if people who are trying to have a nice balanced relationship cannot agree on where to go on dates, rather than having to exercise any form of power about it, something is already the matter."