[He laughs.] Believe me, that is exactly what I think. Freedom to fly. [And a headshake.] No no... I take it contracted partner is your culture's marriage? No. That was the -- [Hand to his head.] I proposed to Kichou once. For political purposes. That's how marriage is in my time. Purely politics. In the future it is a step in relationship closeness. I had no idea. Luckily I found out at the drinking game, because they offered a lot about that! I specifically sought to avoid heirs, because the King of England seemed to mess up his country's unification over it.
In retrospect; this language we're speaking now is English. America speaks English, I have no idea how that fallout happens. In my time, I thought they'd fall apart between the other two countries on their isle, and without religious or political cohesion. But they wind up taking over huge portions of the world instead. Spain and Portugal must have messed up pretty badly, but no one seems to remember how. [Just shrugs. He'll figure it out EVENTUALLY. Maybe.] I'd adore political texts. Historical works of any time or culture. [Laughs and waves a hand.] But hold onto them until I can give you equal barter, or I get a device that allows me to read them on my own. Computer. [A soft laugh and a headshake.] Cesar Salazar is much the same way. He has a tablet and a few texts saved. But things have been tetchy this month, and I have nothing to offer. Yet.
There's no schools in hell. Portugal is our main trading partner, they have a university. Here... [Points to Portugal on his Earth map, and the bigger Spain.] And we barely have much to offer them to make them willing to come all the way around the world. That was my dream. To give them reason to come to us and bring us what we couldn't make ourselves. We don't even have chairs. China does. [Points to the big mainland to the West.] But it would have been a waste of resources for us. In the future, we do. And we even have the European beds you'll find around here. But when we started off, we had almost nothing to offer, and we were too divided for them to navigate politically. [Drinks his juice.] All education is done through the monks. I know I can't go back and update my country to all these new ideas, but it's been my habit for -- my whole life now to absorb everything Europe has to tell me, about their history, about the best way they do things, and then make it my own, improve it.
I have a book of Cantigas De Amigas at home. Songs of Friends. Portuguese poetry. My second gift of a book after their bible... [Laughs!] Bible is... A European holy book. Their religious text. Compiled over thousands of years. Even though I fought my region's religion most extremely, Luis Frois kept insisting I was doing his god's work. He's a funny man. But the poetry is what he gave me second. I run the poetry club here. [A pause...] What was my point in bringing this up? [Smacks fist into opposite hand.] Ah yes! I will absorb any information in any form I can. Except romance is dead last.
Absolutely. Fair contract. We'll just ask. I told Klaus I feel like I should give the whole ship a safeword. So they can tell me when they need breathing space. This is another thing I am unused to. [Nod nod.] Creating lines for other people to give me. [Laughs and shakes his head.] I suppose none of them would be either. A Demon King thing as it were.
Why can't Tradeliners have contracted partners or heirs? If that's not too troublesome to ask?
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In retrospect; this language we're speaking now is English. America speaks English, I have no idea how that fallout happens. In my time, I thought they'd fall apart between the other two countries on their isle, and without religious or political cohesion. But they wind up taking over huge portions of the world instead. Spain and Portugal must have messed up pretty badly, but no one seems to remember how. [Just shrugs. He'll figure it out EVENTUALLY. Maybe.] I'd adore political texts. Historical works of any time or culture. [Laughs and waves a hand.] But hold onto them until I can give you equal barter, or I get a device that allows me to read them on my own. Computer. [A soft laugh and a headshake.] Cesar Salazar is much the same way. He has a tablet and a few texts saved. But things have been tetchy this month, and I have nothing to offer. Yet.
There's no schools in hell. Portugal is our main trading partner, they have a university. Here... [Points to Portugal on his Earth map, and the bigger Spain.] And we barely have much to offer them to make them willing to come all the way around the world. That was my dream. To give them reason to come to us and bring us what we couldn't make ourselves. We don't even have chairs. China does. [Points to the big mainland to the West.] But it would have been a waste of resources for us. In the future, we do. And we even have the European beds you'll find around here. But when we started off, we had almost nothing to offer, and we were too divided for them to navigate politically. [Drinks his juice.] All education is done through the monks. I know I can't go back and update my country to all these new ideas, but it's been my habit for -- my whole life now to absorb everything Europe has to tell me, about their history, about the best way they do things, and then make it my own, improve it.
I have a book of Cantigas De Amigas at home. Songs of Friends. Portuguese poetry. My second gift of a book after their bible... [Laughs!] Bible is... A European holy book. Their religious text. Compiled over thousands of years. Even though I fought my region's religion most extremely, Luis Frois kept insisting I was doing his god's work. He's a funny man. But the poetry is what he gave me second. I run the poetry club here. [A pause...] What was my point in bringing this up? [Smacks fist into opposite hand.] Ah yes! I will absorb any information in any form I can. Except romance is dead last.
Absolutely. Fair contract. We'll just ask. I told Klaus I feel like I should give the whole ship a safeword. So they can tell me when they need breathing space. This is another thing I am unused to. [Nod nod.] Creating lines for other people to give me. [Laughs and shakes his head.] I suppose none of them would be either. A Demon King thing as it were.
Why can't Tradeliners have contracted partners or heirs? If that's not too troublesome to ask?