"Oh. Hm. That's... hm." Luka's not sure what to make of Gyre's description of his encounter with Nine. It didn't say terribly much about her personality (or did it?). She tied up Gyre, because Garrot startled her, and then she fainted? If it said anything about her it was that she was very unusual.
"Eight said I should bring Nine when I go to talk with Eleven, because I'm scheduled for that apparently?" He explains, assuming Gyre hadn't caught the details of their conversation already. "But I haven't met her yet. He made her sound uh, particular, the way he described her."
Luka can't deny that there were a lot of complicated layers to communication in their society. He imagines that, coming from a wild elf, 'trying your best' would probably mean exactly what it says on the tin.
"When I first talked to Ten about Eight, I asked him if Eight was mean - and he said that Eight was 'trying his best'." Luka continues, attempting to lay out the situation as simply as he could. "If I told Eight that, I wasn't sure how he'd take it. It's the kind of answer someone gives when they're avoiding being rude."
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"Eight said I should bring Nine when I go to talk with Eleven, because I'm scheduled for that apparently?" He explains, assuming Gyre hadn't caught the details of their conversation already. "But I haven't met her yet. He made her sound uh, particular, the way he described her."
Luka can't deny that there were a lot of complicated layers to communication in their society. He imagines that, coming from a wild elf, 'trying your best' would probably mean exactly what it says on the tin.
"When I first talked to Ten about Eight, I asked him if Eight was mean - and he said that Eight was 'trying his best'." Luka continues, attempting to lay out the situation as simply as he could. "If I told Eight that, I wasn't sure how he'd take it. It's the kind of answer someone gives when they're avoiding being rude."