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Lifa: You didn’t beat her.
ರೃ Lucinda: We did not fight. The rumors had gotten so out of hand that she came to recruit me. I explained my situation, and so she gifted me this earring she was wearing at the time. It was so that others would think that I had triumphed over her; I could not reject it.
Lucinda shakes her head, more expressive than ever.
ರೃ Lucinda: It would have been impossible.
Lifa: Back then, they used to say that you can only beat the West with numbers.
She giggles, but no sound comes out.
Lifa: It wasn’t true, of course. It makes sense that someone from that absurd place wouldn’t care if others thought she lost.
Witches never leave the Big West. All that happens there is self-contained- and yet there are no inner factions.
Lifa: Now that I think of it... isn't it weird that someone from the Big West came to see you but our own Faction Leaders did not? Or did they at least send someone? That's kind of their job.
ರೃ Lucinda: I was approached by Hyakumantenbara Salome from the West. She requested that I explain to her how to be a proper lady and the mannerisms involved.
Lifa: I need to hear this.
Eyes like plates, the smaller girl drops her butt on the bed.
ರೃ Lucinda: There is not much to say. We would meet during weekends so I could teach her what I knew. I taught her how to do her hair in drills, but she went overboard. Her way with her hands is also exaggerated as is her laughter and the way she walks- but she did respect the basics. All of them except for the subtlety expected from a lady.
Lifa: Wooooow. There must be a lot of stuff involved in that.
ರೃ Lucinda: It simply takes discipline and constant practice.
...So it's her fault. That may even be worse than tying those girls under the train.
