Is it wrong to say that's a relief? Because there's less to explain. Some days I worry I'm not good enough at being my sister's sister and some days I just can't be and I don't know how to tell her why.
Thank you!
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That is a good face. Sansa taught me a jesting face, too. It looks like this:
it's not wrong. on those days you've just gotta do what's best for you. it's okay not to always know why.
[ Then, because Cisco's guessing they haven't really got the concept of therapists or any of that in a world that has dragons and cults that blind young girls as punishment for being people, he makes a suggestion ]
it could be good for you to talk to someone other than your sister about that stuff, if you haven't tried that. might help you understand it better. there are people where i'm from who help people talk about worse days as, like, their whole job.
do you want to see another great one? >:( it's a really grumpy face, see? with eyebrows. like this.
[ And immediately after the text, he sends a selfie of himself making a ludicrously exaggerated scowl ]
lol = laughing out loud. it's the first letter of each word in the phrase, see? this one is a bit complicated, though, because it became really common and there are some people who just use it as filler or punctuation, and don't mean they are cracking up laughing every single time.
lmao = kind of similar, it's 'laughing my ass off'.
......i could go on for hours, actually, there are a lot of them. maybe i should make you a cheat sheet or something.
i don't really know how it got started. slang's weird like that. i don't know where the phrase laughing your ass off comes from either. it just means that you are laughing really hard.
yeah, like that. maybe i should make you one for phrases, too.
see this is the kind of moment where i would say 'lol'
you remember what i taught you about photography, right? well movies use photography to tell the same kinda stories you're used to in books and songs. there are special cameras that take a bunch of pictures really fast, and then show them to you in order, so it looks like the images are moving. and they capture the sound, as well. so it's like a photograph of an entire play, and you can watch it as many times as you like, just like you could look at a photo as many times as you like.
i could find one with lots of adventure for us to watch, if you've got an hour or two sometime?
oh, no, nowhere near that many. most films have a frame rate - that's how fast the pictures go by - of 24 fps (frames per second), right? so let's say the average movie is two hours long, that's 7200 seconds, so only 172800 pictures. not even close to a million, much less a million million.
sure! whenever! you can bring your sister, too, if you want. or, y'know, friends. the more the merrier.
well, movies aren't just made by one person, there are usually hundreds of people involved. actors, people who make costumes and sets and music, editors and lighting guys and key grips, whatever a key grip is. but the actual process of taking a video's not so hard. i can show you how, if you want. [ He seems to keep saying those words, when he's talking to Arya - and he doesn't mind one bit ]
[ And a lot of resources, too. It must be nice to have the manpower to devote hundreds of people and coin to making pictures move. Where Arya is from, people are busy enough keeping themselves warm, fed, and alive. ]
Then I'll be sure to make certain she comes! I think you two will get along well.
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[ She is a warrior, or something like it. ]
I have taken two! One of my face and another of my toe. I don't think my toe is especially cute. It's just a toe.
You may. It's fine if others call me Arya. It's harder for me to call myself that, I think. There are better days and there are worse days.
[ It's a process. ]
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[ He just wants to clarify what she's saying here - whether it's a class thing or a gender thing. Could be either. Could be both. ]
i know all about better days and worse days.
...still might give you a nickname, though. when i come up with one.
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You do?
I do not know how to send a selfie and a words message at the same time but I know how to make a smile out of letters.
: )
I am smiling.
she is the cutest oh my god i'm screaming
next time we hang out i'll teach you to send selfies, it's way easy and you're smart, you'll have it in no time.
you are! :D that's me smiling, too. like a really big one.
eeee thank you
Thank you!
: D
That is a good face. Sansa taught me a jesting face, too. It looks like this:
; )
(I am not truly jesting.)
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[ Then, because Cisco's guessing they haven't really got the concept of therapists or any of that in a world that has dragons and cults that blind young girls as punishment for being people, he makes a suggestion ]
it could be good for you to talk to someone other than your sister about that stuff, if you haven't tried that. might help you understand it better. there are people where i'm from who help people talk about worse days as, like, their whole job.
do you want to see another great one? >:( it's a really grumpy face, see? with eyebrows. like this.
[ And immediately after the text, he sends a selfie of himself making a ludicrously exaggerated scowl ]
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I do not think those people from your world would come here. And to tell all those stories would require a lot of trust. I'm not sure I'm ready.
I make that face often! Sometimes when I'm less grumpy I make this face:
>: /
If I am very grumpy, I make this face:
>: ((
It has two mouths for double the grump.
[ She laughs at the selfie, and makes a mental note to have Cisco show her how to save images. ]
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[ It's not like Cisco's gotten help for any of his shit, either. ]
see, you're a natural at this.
you can just keep adding mouths, too.
>:((( triple the grump
>:(((( quadruple the grump
>:((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( maximum grumpage
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>>>>>: ((((((((((((((
he's teaching her the important skills for life
did your sister teach you any abbreviations? might be good to know them if they come up. like, if i said 'lol' would you get what that means?
the clock's real mvp
She didn't. What does that mean?
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lol = laughing out loud. it's the first letter of each word in the phrase, see? this one is a bit complicated, though, because it became really common and there are some people who just use it as filler or punctuation, and don't mean they are cracking up laughing every single time.
lmao = kind of similar, it's 'laughing my ass off'.
......i could go on for hours, actually, there are a lot of them. maybe i should make you a cheat sheet or something.
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How does one laugh their ass off? It sounds dangerous.
Like a dictionary?
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yeah, like that. maybe i should make you one for phrases, too.
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: D
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okay so here's another important question: has your sister or anyone else here introduced you to movies, yet?
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so... have they got books in your world? or legends, like. stories people tell about fictional characters, for entertainment.
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you remember what i taught you about photography, right? well movies use photography to tell the same kinda stories you're used to in books and songs. there are special cameras that take a bunch of pictures really fast, and then show them to you in order, so it looks like the images are moving. and they capture the sound, as well. so it's like a photograph of an entire play, and you can watch it as many times as you like, just like you could look at a photo as many times as you like.
i could find one with lots of adventure for us to watch, if you've got an hour or two sometime?
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They take that many pictures for an hour? Is it a billion pictures?
I'd love to see one, yes!
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sure! whenever! you can bring your sister, too, if you want. or, y'know, friends. the more the merrier.
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I will ask Sansa if she wants to come! Have you met her? Red hair, very pretty.
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i don't think i have.
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[ And a lot of resources, too. It must be nice to have the manpower to devote hundreds of people and coin to making pictures move. Where Arya is from, people are busy enough keeping themselves warm, fed, and alive. ]
Then I'll be sure to make certain she comes! I think you two will get along well.
Where should I meet you? For movies?
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