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"--a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Is that it? How do I tur--"

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[ Vietnam?! Neither did he?! What kind of explanation is this? ]

Arthur's a little older than me, actually. [ Somewhere else where the legends are Wrong to him. ]

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[There could've been school in his time?!]

Really? [Vietnam actually looks really shocked.] So...mid-twenties at least? Goodness, I thought he would be younger!

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[ no?! But... ]

I said a little... Like one? Maybe two as his birthday is before mine.

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[BUT WHAT...this is all so new to her.]

Oh! So still...how old are you both? [She might as well just go for it and ask.]

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[ pls ]

We don't follow the same calendar as what's used here. I'd say something like 19 Winters? For Arthur it's probably 20?

[ Complicated. ]

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[Shhhh.]

Not the same, but that sounds very similar to how a year works. There are only four seasons where you are from, no? So 19 years, and 20 years?

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Exactly. I had to try and work it out, but that seemed the most accurate. [ A beat. ] It could still be wrong.

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[She waves her hand vaguely.] Probably not as wrong as you think. Give or take one year? At least you are still over eighteen, it makes things a little easier.

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Easier for what? [ Vietnam??????? ]

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Legal purposes. They won't ask you questions.

[WHAT ARE YOU EVEN THINKING.]

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What kind of questions are they going to ask?

[ NOTHING HE'S JUST CONFUSED AF ]

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Such as, if you are allowed to drink.

[One of...many things.]

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But I am?

[ ...Guess who never checked to see if there were rules on that... ]

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...Oh! In the modern era, many countries have imposed a legal limit.

[THE MORE YOU LEARN, MERLIN.]

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...Why?

[ ...THE MORE HE LEARNS, THE MORE HE QUESTIONS ]

I mean, there are a lot of unpleasant people that become drunks but... that happens everywhere, right?

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[She waves her hand because YEAH, IT COULD BE CONFUSING.]

You are from a time where wine was cleaner than water, no? In modern times, it changes. And so alcohol had to be limited otherwise minors ended up drunk. People nowadays are less drunk. Usually.

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[ It could be... but ah. ]

Usually. Have you been to the pleasure district?

[ Ah. Now he's practically admitting to his shady side life........ ]