[ If it were someone else, Cisco might quibble over whether or not he and Kendra had ever gotten to the official love stage, but what's the point? He had been in love with her. No point in denying it now. But any sadness he might feel about Kendra is negated by how sweet Arya's concern for him is. ]
yeah, you're right. but i promise it's not all that serious. more like getting a splinter than having a broken finger. there are other people out there, it had just been a while since i found someone so cool.
you're very wise for your age, anyone ever tell you that?
Perhaps you will find cool people here you want to give stupidly expensive flowers to. Wanda is cool. So is Mal, or the one with the glow-box name redacted. She knows lots of interesting words.
No one has told me that because I normally don't tell people my age. I'm not exactly sure what it is.
But thank you. And thank you for teaching me, because you have made me wiser.
i'm so lazy i really have to make you that guide to slang one of these days.
[ Arya not knowing her own age breaks Cisco's heart, a small amount. ]
oh. do you have a guess? i was assuming you were about ten years younger than me, ish. just based on like, nieces and cousins of mine who look about the same age.
it's my pleasure, grasshopper. 😎
(that's a bug, but also a word for someone who is your student)
oh, hey, that's way useful! though i'm pretty sure they have fuckboys everywhere, y'all probably just call them something else in 'westeros'.
'doritos' is the right spelling, and if i ever find any here you've gotta try them. what about red vines? twizzlers? licquorise?
that's around what i was guessing.
the grasshopper thing... i actually don't know the origin of that one. i'm pretty sure it's from a movie but it just became something people said, you know?
i don't know what a 'Lannister' is but i highly suspect that that was a sick burn (which means, a very well-executed insult)
3-D stands for "three dimensional"! [ Cisco lowkey can't believe they're having this important science moment over Doritos. Of all things. ] you and i are both 3-D because we have height, width, and depth. it's like... a square, just the shape itself, in a drawing? that's 2-D because it only has height and width. but a cube, one you could hold in your hand, is 3-D, because it's got depth as well.
this might be one of those things that's easier to explain in person and not in a text. the point is the chips are puffy so they called them 3-D because it sounded cool and they thought they would sell better.
they're kinds of candy. i'll make sure i have some stocked for movie night.
[ The blond boy-king in the vision was a fuckboy and then some.
also, what the fuck is consumer culture. first vday, now this. ]
Are there four dimensions? What does one dimension look like. You can wait to show me though, if that's easier. I still do not wish to bother you too much.
Also, why would you want more air in your chips? Air doesn't fill a belly.
[ He doesn't even think that she might be referring to the vision. Generally he's been trying to avoid thinking about what he'd seen entirely, erasing it from his brain as much as possible. ]
you're not bothering me but it'll be quicker and simpler in person, trust me.
you're obviously too smart for that marketing strategy. 😆 lots of people will buy stuff just for the novelty.
yeah. it's good to call people what they are and make evil people into jokes. there's nothing quite like finding a way to laugh at someone who hurt you. it makes them seem so small.
[ How do you explain to someone that it isn't even one specific thing that frightens you anymore? Arya's lived with fear for such a long time now that she can't feel it's source, not exactly. And even here, where there's very little to be afraid of, she's still scared, like fear is a habit she can't break. ]
[ The things Cisco are afraid of... well, only really one thing, only really one person, is here. He can't tell Arya that, though, or warn her about the danger. Warning her would only put her in more danger - and not in a nebulous way, but in an immediate, he-will-try-to-contain-the-information-by-any-means-necessary way. So he falls back on the now familiar topic of differences between worlds. ]
have they got guitars in westeros? musical instruments that look a bit like this? 🎸
not gonna lie, not super familiar with what lutes actually look like, but if there's strings and a neck and a hollow body then yeah, kind of like that.
it's called a guitar. i found one the other day. i can play, a little bit.
[ Music can sometimes be a complicated thing for Cisco, because of his brother. But thinking about introducing Arya to music from his world? There's nothing complicated about that. Just sheer, unadulterated, 100-proof fun ]
every kind. more kinds than you can imagine. just as many kinds as there are types of movies and tv shows. more, probably. there are thousands of instruments, hundreds of years worth of songs.
i can play you some if you'd like. on the guitar, but also some albums. which are like... photographs, but for music.
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yeah, you're right. but i promise it's not all that serious. more like getting a splinter than having a broken finger. there are other people out there, it had just been a while since i found someone so cool.
you're very wise for your age, anyone ever tell you that?
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No one has told me that because I normally don't tell people my age. I'm not exactly sure what it is.
But thank you. And thank you for teaching me, because you have made me wiser.
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[ Arya not knowing her own age breaks Cisco's heart, a small amount. ]
oh. do you have a guess? i was assuming you were about ten years younger than me, ish. just based on like, nieces and cousins of mine who look about the same age.
it's my pleasure, grasshopper. 😎
(that's a bug, but also a word for someone who is your student)
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I think I am two-and-ten, but I could be a year younger or older. I know I know for sure I was nine when I first had to run.
Why do you call them grasshoppers? We have grasshoppers where I am from, and they don't seem capable of learning much.
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'doritos' is the right spelling, and if i ever find any here you've gotta try them. what about red vines? twizzlers? licquorise?
that's around what i was guessing.
the grasshopper thing... i actually don't know the origin of that one. i'm pretty sure it's from a movie but it just became something people said, you know?
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[ ooooh, BURN ]
Then why does it not have three d's? The package boasted "3-D."
We do not have those. Are they like Doritos?
Oh, it's one of those sayings. I understand.
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3-D stands for "three dimensional"! [ Cisco lowkey can't believe they're having this important science moment over Doritos. Of all things. ] you and i are both 3-D because we have height, width, and depth. it's like... a square, just the shape itself, in a drawing? that's 2-D because it only has height and width. but a cube, one you could hold in your hand, is 3-D, because it's got depth as well.
this might be one of those things that's easier to explain in person and not in a text. the point is the chips are puffy so they called them 3-D because it sounded cool and they thought they would sell better.
they're kinds of candy. i'll make sure i have some stocked for movie night.
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[ The blond boy-king in the vision was a fuckboy and then some.
also, what the fuck is consumer culture. first vday, now this. ]
Are there four dimensions? What does one dimension look like. You can wait to show me though, if that's easier. I still do not wish to bother you too much.
Also, why would you want more air in your chips? Air doesn't fill a belly.
Thank you! I am excited to try them. 😎
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[ He doesn't even think that she might be referring to the vision. Generally he's been trying to avoid thinking about what he'd seen entirely, erasing it from his brain as much as possible. ]
you're not bothering me but it'll be quicker and simpler in person, trust me.
you're obviously too smart for that marketing strategy. 😆 lots of people will buy stuff just for the novelty.
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Joffrey Lannister was the name of the boy-king you saw.
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definitely a fuckboy in that case.
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Sansa uses the smiling little shit emojis, which is also very accurate. 💩
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sansa's totes got the right idea.
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Before everything, I had a teacher who told me that fear cuts deeper than swords. So I try to find ways to not be afraid, and sometimes they work.
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if you do find a way that works all the time, make sure you teach it to me.
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You will be the first person I tell.
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in the meantime, if something scares you, you can always come find me. for what it's worth.
[ He's not a speedster and he's not a therapist but dammit he can try. ]
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It is worth a great deal.
The same goes to you.
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[ The things Cisco are afraid of... well, only really one thing, only really one person, is here. He can't tell Arya that, though, or warn her about the danger. Warning her would only put her in more danger - and not in a nebulous way, but in an immediate, he-will-try-to-contain-the-information-by-any-means-necessary way. So he falls back on the now familiar topic of differences between worlds. ]
have they got guitars in westeros? musical instruments that look a bit like this? 🎸
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it's called a guitar. i found one the other day. i can play, a little bit.
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[ how......do you ask someone......if they can play for you............. ]
What kinds of songs are usually played in your world?
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every kind. more kinds than you can imagine. just as many kinds as there are types of movies and tv shows. more, probably. there are thousands of instruments, hundreds of years worth of songs.
i can play you some if you'd like. on the guitar, but also some albums. which are like... photographs, but for music.
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Yes! Yes please. 😀
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