vin [pcs]

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shitpost will come

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[allomantic]

Perhaps. I'll look later.

[hesitating for a moment, looking for a subject change.]

You know Lucas?

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[it's a subject change he doesn't mind, his posture easing when she brings lucas up.]

Y-yes...! He's a teacher from our home. We were working together, for a little while.

[allomantic]

He mentioned you.

[and he seems kind enough to her, so, awkwardly:]

I... perhaps should have hesitated before forcing you to the ground.

[the vin version of an apology,]

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N-no, it was... my fault for running into you like that-! I wasn't being careful, I just... ran.

[he panicked a little too hard, maybe.]

I might have done that too if someone I didn't know ran at me...

[allomantic]

[after a moment of surprise at the accountability:]

Well. I'm sure neither of us will do it again.

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Right... I-I'll try not to.

[it's fine he hopefully won't panic that badly again...]

Um, should I... introduce myself properly this time...?

[the papers kind of make them pointless if people are reading, but it's polite to do it Right after a first meeting like that.]

[allomantic]

[shrugs, with a small wince.]

If you'd like.

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[well. the wince derails him.]

W-were you hurt...?

[allomantic]

It's been tended to. You were saying...?

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[he still looks concerned, but. he said he'd do this properly!! he will!!]

My name is... Mathis Claude, o-of the... Claude family... oh, but maybe I don't need to say that-

[oh no. maybe that's redundant.]

I-I hope that we can... start off better, this time.

[allomantic]

[she doesn't seem to mind the fussing, at least, even if she doesn't address it.]

Alright. [...] Did I give you my name before?

[or was she too busy going into fight or flight mode,]

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Oh... now that you mention it, I... don't think that you did?

[like, he's been starting to memorize the profiles so he's probably seen her name at least once, but. he definitely did not get it from her.]

[allomantic]

[nods]

Vin.

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Th-then I'm... pleased to meet you, Vin.

[she's spared being called 'madame' or something, thankfully.]

[allomantic]

Mm.

...Have you found anything that might be of use?

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...no. I've been looking, but...

[a little shake of his head.]

I can't translate the book in the church...

[allomantic]

Ah. Did you take it? I noticed it was missing.

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I-it is-?!

[WHY.]

No, I was just looking at it there... but I couldn't even find a starting point.

[allomantic]

Last I saw.

[revolving door bible...]

It looked unfamiliar to me as well.

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E-even if it's unfamiliar, though, there should be... a way to start figuring it out...

Maybe if I find who did take it, they would let me borrow it to look a little closer.

[allomantic]

Do you have experience with such things?

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Y-yes. I was... studying to be a translator.

[allomantic]

Oh. For any specific kind of documents?

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All of them...? I was... supposed to be prepared to translate any kind.

[allomantic]

...I had imagined this was just in an unknown language, but maybe it was designed to be incipherable.