the earth has music for those who listen
"Everyone likes pastries," Mateo reasons, unintentionally voicing her thoughts and smiling across at her. "There's a florist that lives next to my dad's shop though, if you wanted to get flowers. Though you would probably have to buy them or make a bouquet yourself, otherwise it kind of... doesn't really work, does it?" Stealing to say sorry for stealing? It doesn't make sense to him.
Perhaps brothel ought to have pinged something off in Mateo's head; his parents are hardly prudes, and they answer any and all of his questions when they are asked. Only, he has never asked what's a brothel - so he's going to now. "Ah," he says wisely, nodding his head, before, "what's one of those? Is it like a theatre?" There are a lot of theatres in the Silk Houses. (There are a lot of brothels too, but he doesn't really know that yet).
Shifting his bag on his shoulder, Mateo's confusion clears into enthusiasm once more as the subject turns to school. "Oh, well. I'm learning history, science, math and art right now," he explains. "But we have reading comprehension time too, and we go on a lot of trips."
Cake does sound good, and it has Mateo bobbing his head in a nod as they leave the Celestine and the poor shopkeeper no doubt still looking for Paige, leading them towards the Pacifist Plaza. "There are little parties like it here sometimes, for festivals and things. But I've never been to one like that, no," he explains.
Perhaps brothel ought to have pinged something off in Mateo's head; his parents are hardly prudes, and they answer any and all of his questions when they are asked. Only, he has never asked what's a brothel - so he's going to now. "Ah," he says wisely, nodding his head, before, "what's one of those? Is it like a theatre?" There are a lot of theatres in the Silk Houses. (There are a lot of brothels too, but he doesn't really know that yet).
Shifting his bag on his shoulder, Mateo's confusion clears into enthusiasm once more as the subject turns to school. "Oh, well. I'm learning history, science, math and art right now," he explains. "But we have reading comprehension time too, and we go on a lot of trips."
Cake does sound good, and it has Mateo bobbing his head in a nod as they leave the Celestine and the poor shopkeeper no doubt still looking for Paige, leading them towards the Pacifist Plaza. "There are little parties like it here sometimes, for festivals and things. But I've never been to one like that, no," he explains.
