Prudent modesty with a pinch of appropriate reactive behavior learnt by society. An object made with no consideration of its need for physical intimacy. No drive nor desire, but Alastrina’s heart still beats.
‘Grow up’? Grow any older and a beating heart would no longer have meaning. But even so, Alastrina held her tongue, understanding the various needs or various types of people. What does it mean to grow up? There are things more important to the artificial being than physical passion. She had felt old longer than she should have. Is it bad to go back to how she used to be before time weighted heavily on her?
Alastrina supposed she could react more maturely, more quietly and composed. But that would suck out the liveliness she had been clinging onto. The things that kept her from feeling like she’s ‘Empty’. Unfazed and unmoving, cold and lifeless, empty like the rest of ‘them’.
But no one was supposed to know about all that. So, young and immature it is.
A coy smile and a shrug, “My, my. I’m still young, you know. I am in no rush for those things. I also do not believe in coming up from nowhere to grope, peck, and fluster a young girl in public, hm~? I guess we’ll have to find that silver lining of balance.”
Ara’s advice however was taken by a small portion, using it to ignore the crowd and focus the current conversation. Alastrina kept her eyes forward and locked onto Ara. Flustering freely was what got her that comment, so she’ll have to tone it down to avoid it.
“Was there something you need from me, by chance? I doubt you did all that as the appetizer to your pie offer. Which I am still unsure as to why you’re offering. Unless offering free food is a thing here in this land.”