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[inaurare]

Oh--!

[Linneus has some experience with technology - it wasn't without learning anything that he lived on Amoi for the better part of three years - but he's still a little taken by surprise when the video starts up, startling and straightening from where he had been fiddling with his device]

Ah- good day, everyone.

[heavens, but starting addresses such as these never feels any less awkward, even if "good day" has always served perfectly well. In contrast his familiar, Bisou, is nothing but at ease, a little ball of light bobbing contentedly by his shoulder]

I fear I am here again only to trouble you once more for help, as I am... searching for somewhere more permanent to live. Only I have never house-hunted on my own before and I'm not necessarily confident as to where to begin?

How does one start, exactly - beyond, say, a list of what they might like?

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[inaurare]

But seeking out compatibility certainly helps a way towards that, surely? It ought at least to "fit", before I make it mine?

[cultivatingsin]

Let me guess, you lived somewhere nice before.

[inaurare]

If you need to guess, I must be slipping...!

[and here Linneus always thought he dressed himself quite well, even without the Teahouse to keep him in fine things.]

But the answer is yes, in a way?

[cultivatingsin]

[It's not as easy to tell when styles/cultures vary so wildly. Regardless Xue Yang can at least tell Linneus is a gently born man - probably a noble.]

When you grow up in a gutter, you don't care if the house you're given feels right. You're just happy for a roof.

[inaurare]

Well, no - and I could never have hoped to have my own "roof" before. But in the world we find ourselves now that is an eminently possible goal - not just to have one, but for it to be a pleasant one, too.

And I am trying, also, to be better about pursuing the things that I... want.

[even if the very phrase "I want" often still feels awkward in his mouth]

[cultivatingsin]

I'll help you look for a good home, then. I can test things to make sure you're not staying somewhere unsafe.

[He won't ask for details about the past. Stuff like that hurts in his experience.]

[inaurare]

That would be very kind, thank you.

Might I perhaps know the name of the gentleman aiding me? Mine is Linneus.

[almost sheepish about that, too - he never really had any ideas for getting creative about his username so it just... is.]

[cultivatingsin]

I'm Xue Yang. [Who cares about usernames? Xue Yang was just being cheeky (and honest) with his.] I can't say I'm a gentleman, but I know what I'm doing.

[inaurare]

[yes but surely not actual literal demons though?]

Xue Yang.

[dutifully repeated, carefully enunciated - he does so with all names, but he takes special care over those that feel unfamiliar - removed from the Ivorian ones he is most used to. He would hate to mispronounce and cause offense; but he thinks he's got it. With a little dip of his head-]

Well, that shall make one of us - I fear I am rather feeling my way! But it is a pleasure to meet you.