We really get to see Kabru exercise his social awareness and his story-crafting skills this episode, like how he tailors his backstory differently to Toshiro and Namari (and the Floke twins out of frame!) - framing the massacre of his people as a result of elven interventionism and focusing on his personal tragedy; contrasting his hardworking mother to the faceless, dispassionate elven forces
vs how he talks about Utaya with the elves, first by making them take him seriously pay proper attention to him, indirectly invoking Milsiril's social capital to present a nepo-baby persona* that paints Kabru as not-like-the-other-tallmen, why he's practically a Canary
*i said persona. if you call him a nepo baby in my notes i will send a squad of trained skunks to your house to eat your plants and spray your kitchen counters and also block you
(baffles me. BAFFLES ME that there are readers who fell for it. at least the Japanese VA did a great job of making it sound just fake enough for the audience to clock it as a successful deception check, so it should be clearer now)
Only then he appeals to their emotion, framing Utaya as being about the elves' misplaced best efforts and the losses they suffered, framing the death of imperial soldiers as equal to the brutal massacre of a large city's worth of people. That emotional appeal and successful positioning of himself as aligned with the Canaries is what allows him to ultimately propose his plan to evacuate the dungeon.
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Ten, cuddling Prem: basically, I'm crazy in love.
Prem, smiling: same.
Ten: same? you like me back? So I can officially hit on you :D ?
Prem who would be making out with Ten at that very moment if they hadn't kept getting interrupted: feel like we're past that
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I need to stop staying up all night and sleeping for 4-5 hours in the afternoon. It makes time feel like one endless day because I wake up and it's. still the same day.
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ahh the craft market I've been working on stuff for the past month got cancelledddddd
on one hand, pissed cause all of that effort/money/time I put towards prep only to not get anything for it (or at least, not until the next market I'm signed on for in a month)
on the other hand, I get why and that it's just a possibility when you're in this line of work but still man, it sucks
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A reminder that the trial of Rex Joseph Brickowski shall begin on Friday morning. We will begin deliberations as soon as possible with the opening statements of both the defense and the prosecution. From that point we will open the floor to any witnesses on either side.
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gonna be tromping around my home wearing only shorts and hiking boots because it's so so hot but I gotta do some work to be sure about the boots before I wear them outside
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I love farming i love having soil under my nails I love planting seeds I love tending the sprouts I love collecting the harvest I love having clothes covered in dirt I love carrying heavy objects around a field i love admiring the insects i love being grateful for rain I love eating the food and sharing it with the community!!!! I love it all!!!!!!!
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mtl in enha to like pda?
first one on this list is definitely jake!! that boy is extremely clingy and needy to sending physical affection, like he would NOT CARE abt anyone at all as long as he has you in his embrace he wants you every hour and can't contain himself from not giving you a peck on ur face or just hug you out of the blue (aka his favourite thing to do).
ni-ki goes second even though he can be extremely shy at the thought of pda but when an impulsive thought of doing pda hits him he wouldn't hesitate to act upon it, which surprises you so much because he'll do it when u least expect it 😭 the first few weeks you two started dating you rlly thought he'd be the type to not be fond of the concept of pda but oh you thought wrong— He'll start to intertwine your hands or place his hand around your shoulder pulling you close to him, sometimes even squeezing your cheek anytime and anywhere. he would do this just so he could show everyone that you're his.
third is jungwon though he's very subtle in showing it so and always surprises you with affection like sudden back hugs and holding hands as much as he wants. You two would be in the library studying, sitting beside each and other having jungwon's hands holding yours for the rest of the hour you spend there with him. This contact helps him focus a lot, it also helps you too, you just get distracted a lot bc of your rapid heartbeat especially when he starts caressing his thumb on the knuckles.
fourth is jay though i feel like he doesn't do it as much bc he gets kinda embarassed but when he does do pda he would start to not care abt the bittersweet gazes sending their way cause his focus is all on loving you and spending his precious time with his loving partner.
heeseung placed in fifth though he can only go on with holding hands and wrapping his arm around your waist or your shoulder because he wants to make it clear to people that you two are a couple! causing some girls around y'all to envy you two for being so cute and so pretty!
sunghoon my sixth placer omg he's a tease sm, he only does pda when u want him to, he doesn't do it willingly. you'd be like "can we hold hands?". sunghoon lets out a "no." sarcastically as his hand starts intertwining with yours. You only giggled at his sarcastic responses, atleast he listens to you and gives u what u want!!
sunoo placed in seventh I KNOW BUT LISTEN... I just feel like pda wouldn't be his forté given his sassy attitude although he still likes holding hands and would never let go of your hand, like ever. also subconsciously plays with your fingers a lot. never thought about doing obv pda bc it's rlly corny, he's content with just holding hands.
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