[ smart is a relative term. inej considers kaz the most brilliant mind she knows, and he definitely has literally no actual schooling. but ketterdam is their teacher, and inej has absorbed as much as she can to navigate it. this is her city, and she knows it like the back of her hand . . . something that the merchers who live uptown definitely do not.
still, inej doesn't have the heart to break the news to konoha that most of the people in the university were easy pickings to the dregs because of how oblivious they were, and so instead: ]
It's worth a shot. [ in an agreeable tone, and quickly, as they walk, inej shifts the subject: ] You are a laborer, then? You work with your hands.
[ something of respect, judging from her tone. ]
Is your boss . . . [ and inej's tone trails off, her cheeks turning a slightly pinkish color, as she stops herself from just bluntly asking, before she attempts to reword herself. ] I have never seen a being such as you, before coming to the Circle. Are all people in your world like you?
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still, inej doesn't have the heart to break the news to konoha that most of the people in the university were easy pickings to the dregs because of how oblivious they were, and so instead: ]
It's worth a shot. [ in an agreeable tone, and quickly, as they walk, inej shifts the subject: ] You are a laborer, then? You work with your hands.
[ something of respect, judging from her tone. ]
Is your boss . . . [ and inej's tone trails off, her cheeks turning a slightly pinkish color, as she stops herself from just bluntly asking, before she attempts to reword herself. ] I have never seen a being such as you, before coming to the Circle. Are all people in your world like you?