[aather] Candle Call post

[quercusoptima]

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Comments

[floorcandy]

Was penmanship one of your skills?

[quercusoptima]

Why wouldn't it be?

[floorcandy]

That makes it extra nice, doesn't it?

[quercusoptima]

I've had a lot of practice, obviously.

[floorcandy]

I didn't have to relearn how to write.

[quercusoptima]

There's a difference between that and proper penmanship.

[floorcandy]

Huh!

[quercusoptima]

It's a thing the nobility prizes.

[floorcandy]

Oh! That'd explain it.

[quercusoptima]

Does it?

[floorcandy]

I'm not nobility, so I wouldn't have a skill like that.

[quercusoptima]

I wouldn't be surprised if you'd at least been given some lessons, though.

[floorcandy]

I scribble on everything.

[quercusoptima]

Even things for Uncle?

[floorcandy]

I only remember being eight in your uncle's house!

[quercusoptima]

[thoughtful]

I left shortly after that.

[floorcandy]

Really? You left young.

[quercusoptima]

I was eleven.

[floorcandy]

That's kinda impressive.

[quercusoptima]

I don't know about impressive -- it was what I felt I needed to do.

[floorcandy]

I count it! You had to have a lot of determination.

[quercusoptima]

Of course. It's one of the few good things my family gave me.