48th moon [Let's do the 4th wall agaaaiiiin!]

[paladinlost]

[There is alcohol. There are sandwiches. There are Clefairies. There is Cresselia. There is, of course, Cecil.

Has Mt. Moon ever been so inviting before?]

I knew buying those bottles was a good idea.

[Hell no it hasn't.]

Comments

[paladinlost]

...But I suppose that's a part of parenthood.

[dragoon_pride]

Probably. I wouldn't know.

[paladinlost]

Give it another... twenty? Thirty years?

[dragoon_pride]

Whatever you say...

[paladinlost]

Well, I do hope you'll find someone who will make you happy somewhere down the line.

[dragoon_pride]

[He sighs.]

I've begun to believe that impossible.

[paladinlost]

Don't say that. You're still young.

[dragoon_pride]

[Siiiiigh, his many Issues.]

Still, I've a feeling I won't be so fortunate...

[paladinlost]

Well, with such a defeatist attitude...

[dragoon_pride]

You think that attitude is the problem?

[paladinlost]

It can hardly help.

[dragoon_pride]

Perhaps. But I've been given no reason to feel otherwise.

[paladinlost]

And when was the last time you spoke with new people, particularly young ladies?

[dragoon_pride]

...I speak to Valvalis.

[Yes, because she really counts. :| But all he generally has for company is the wind and... the undead thing son Mount Ordeals.]

[paladinlost]

...New people, I said. You can argue in favor of person, but certainly not new.

[dragoon_pride]

...Oh.

[That is... problematic.]

Does it really matter whether or not these people are new?

[paladinlost]

If you do not expand your horizons, the number of unmarried women you know will only shrink.

[dragoon_pride]

[What about married one- NO, SELF, NO. ...Sigh.]

I wouldn't know how to even start...

[paladinlost]

...Not with Baronian women. They'd eat you alive out of interest. Mysidians might be safer.

[dragoon_pride]

You think that I'm not strong enough to handle women from our own home?

[paladinlost]

By my time, most of the single ones have heard all about the handsome, young and eligible dragoon that left for Mount Ordeals. That's more than enough to awaken their romantic side, and I doubt they'd come at you one at a time.

[dragoon_pride]

Ah. I didn't realize...

[The odds are so very very against him indeed.]

[paladinlost]

A swarm of amorous women can be a terrifying sight, and that's before they even get to know you.

[dragoon_pride]

I'm terrified already by the mere thought of it.

[paladinlost]

Good. That survival instinct will serve you well.