a bit, but also my boss doesn't believe in fixed hours for the shop. just open whenever we get there. i'm not the only one working there now either. i guess i get something of a senior staff benefit.
[ Jasnah is used to keeping her own hours. And while she imagines it's not quite the same when you still need to maximize foot traffic for profit, she feels a pang of envy. Her simple and menial part-time job has rather strict hours.
She's not used to someone else making her rules. ]
Then I was fortunate to have wandered in during one of your shifts.
[ She won't bore Wanda with the details but it's clear these materials and fabrics are worlds apart from what's available back home. While Roshar boasts all manner of silks and plant fibres, the leather available here seems vastly superior. And the rain coat...! Remarkable, really. ]
I'm saving up for a pair of boots next. Would you keep an eye out?
and i definitely can. when you come around, let's just check what your shoe size is so that i can make a note of it. you could also check the other clothes we have, just in case something else catches your eye.
Fair enough. My wardrobe has been feeling a bit boring.
[ Should that worry her? Probably. Being here long enough to let fashion ennui settle in. It's just that she's used to flexing much more control over how she appears and presents herself to the world. Well-tailored havahs, gold jewelry, gemstones in her hair. And while she'd disinclined to strike such a regal aesthetic here, it would be nice to have more than the two-to-three options that she's cycling between.
If only to save on laundromat costs. How annoying the adage is that you must spend spheres to make spheres. ]
Is it common for other fluxdrifts to be so accommodating of strangers?
[ Wanda isn't the only person who has helped her. But she's been a significant one. ]
( wanda is thinking that they could just leave this conversation as agreeing to meet tomorrow at the store and help jasnah out with picking out some clothes. the message that follows makes her stop.
is it really so strange? )
i'm not sure. i know some people don't care to help. i don't like not doing anything when i could be helpful.
[ Hmm. She finds it unusual to see so much cooperation and collaboration among people whose ties to one another are so β flimsy. It's one thing to support a stranger within your own nation; quite another to see what happens here.
She doesn't dislike it. In fact, it's heartening. ]
( wanda comes from a life where she had everything taken away from her, and those around her were in similar circumstances. and yet: everyone always had a spare blanket, a spare bowl of soup, kindness to give out. stripped away from everything that was once comfort should not be reason for oneself to be devoid of wanting to help.
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sorry a few days of conference kicked my ass
i can let you know when i'm at the store. i don't really have fixed hours.
but i'll be waiting for you.
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[ not having fixed hours, she means. storms, she can be nosy sometimes. perhaps even more so over text. ]
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i'm not the only one working there now either. i guess i get something of a senior staff benefit.
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She's not used to someone else making her rules. ]
Then I was fortunate to have wandered in during one of your shifts.
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( she will never take a compliment!! )
have they been good? the coat and the gloves?
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[ She won't bore Wanda with the details but it's clear these materials and fabrics are worlds apart from what's available back home. While Roshar boasts all manner of silks and plant fibres, the leather available here seems vastly superior. And the rain coat...! Remarkable, really. ]
I'm saving up for a pair of boots next. Would you keep an eye out?
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and i definitely can. when you come around, let's just check what your shoe size is so that i can make a note of it. you could also check the other clothes we have, just in case something else catches your eye.
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[ Should that worry her? Probably. Being here long enough to let fashion ennui settle in. It's just that she's used to flexing much more control over how she appears and presents herself to the world. Well-tailored havahs, gold jewelry, gemstones in her hair. And while she'd disinclined to strike such a regal aesthetic here, it would be nice to have more than the two-to-three options that she's cycling between.
If only to save on laundromat costs. How annoying the adage is that you must spend spheres to make spheres. ]
Is it common for other fluxdrifts to be so accommodating of strangers?
[ Wanda isn't the only person who has helped her. But she's been a significant one. ]
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is it really so strange? )
i'm not sure. i know some people don't care to help.
i don't like not doing anything when i could be helpful.
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She doesn't dislike it. In fact, it's heartening. ]
It's admirable.
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is it?
( wanda comes from a life where she had everything taken away from her, and those around her were in similar circumstances. and yet: everyone always had a spare blanket, a spare bowl of soup, kindness to give out. stripped away from everything that was once comfort should not be reason for oneself to be devoid of wanting to help.
maybe that's not such a common thing? )
it's just the right thing to do.
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I've found it's rare for groups of people to agree on what β precisely β is the right thing to do in any given situation.