[ SHE SURE CAN it's kind of her. Thing. marian hawke, the friendship protag. she just likes making friends, okay. ]
I promise not to explode myself, Hiro. I think that would be... the opposite of what I want, actually.
[ but oh. see, he asks so nicely that she doesn't even try and dismiss him. she'll actually explain! ]
Serah, messere, ser. They're titles of address where I come from, mostly used in the Free Marches. You call someone of higher standing than you messere -- for instance, Mosley. If I respected Mosley enough, I would call him Messere Mosley, but I do not respect the man at all so I don't. You are my equal in standing so I call you serah. Ser is also a title, sort of like... Ser Hiro or Ser Hamada. If I was writing a letter to you, I might use it in place of serah.
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I promise not to explode myself, Hiro. I think that would be... the opposite of what I want, actually.
[ but oh. see, he asks so nicely that she doesn't even try and dismiss him. she'll actually explain! ]
Serah, messere, ser. They're titles of address where I come from, mostly used in the Free Marches. You call someone of higher standing than you messere -- for instance, Mosley. If I respected Mosley enough, I would call him Messere Mosley, but I do not respect the man at all so I don't. You are my equal in standing so I call you serah. Ser is also a title, sort of like... Ser Hiro or Ser Hamada. If I was writing a letter to you, I might use it in place of serah.