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[hasteful]

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D-Depends on who 'they' are?

[ ? ]

Are you going to be performing...?

[WITH YOUR CLOWN MAKEUP]

[allomantic]

The clowns...

[softly but with a lot of feeling... she still does not know what clowns are but that's what vax called them, so.]

Performing what?

[hasteful]

[ . . . . help]

Well, sometimes when I'm expected to put decoration on my face, I'm going to be performing on a stage. But...

I'm not sure what clowns are?

[allomantic]

...I don't understand.

[what's a play, what's a singer, etc]

I wasn't familiar with them before today, either.

[hasteful]

Hmm... have you ever seen actors of a story? Like that.

[but,]

Are you alright? The clowns didn't hurt you, did they?

[allomantic]

[she looks a little surprised that he's asking, maybe uncomfortable, before she shakes her head.]

I am fine.

[other than the makeup.]

[hasteful]

That's a relief.

[he sighs]

There's two doctors here, but we're a little low on any types of supplies... I didn't expect them to do a sneak attack like that!

[the clowns didn't even attack]

[allomantic]

It was unexpected.

[stop besmirching the name of these clowns who did not attack]

I haven't seen anyone else with this kind of marking, though. [her makeup...] Maybe they stopped.

[hasteful]

They might've...

[ . . . ]

Are you having trouble getting it off?

[allomantic]

It will not come off.

[she rubs a hand over her face to demonstrate.]

[hasteful]

[uh oh]

Have you tried water? [a beat] Though the water here isn't very clean...

[allomantic]

Yes. It made no difference.

[unfortunate]

[hasteful]

[ . . . ]

Maybe it's a Stay All Day brand...

[allomantic]

A what?

[hasteful]

Some types of makeup last longer, I think.

... I don't really know why....

[allomantic]

Even those shouldn't last against water...

[hasteful]

I think some people want it to be waterproof on purpose.

Painting their face is really important to them...?

[allomantic]

Silly of them...

[though it's a little bit nostalgic, too.]

[hasteful]

Haha, is it a bad thing to be silly?

[allomantic]

Yes.

[that was so immediate]

[hasteful]

[he's startled into laughter]

Wow!

What makes you say that?

[allomantic]

[frowning a little at the laughter]

It's not practical.

[hasteful]

[ah - the frown manages to get him to quiet quickly, and his expression turns partially apologetic]

—I didn't mean to suggest your answer wasn't good. I'm just impressed with how honest - ['humans', he wants to say] - people can be.

But does that mean you only like practical things?

[allomantic]

I don't see the point in lying about something so simple.

[complicated topics are valid to lie about, though. like his next question, which is getting a half truth at best.]

For the most part.

[hasteful]

[hmmmm]

... as a traveler, did you have many companions?