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[myownwoman]

You would have known had we met in person. The implant may translate my language, but it has no effect on my accent.

If you took it poorly I would prefer it had been in private.

[ pragmatism is the name of the game with gabriella teller. ]

[preseance]

( he is faintly curious now, if speakin' in one's native tongue would or would not carry the accent over in someone else's head when the translation kicks in. he ought to try carryin' on at somebody in french or welsh one of these days an' just see if the alabama sticks strong. )

That's reasonable.

I'm sorry for the hassle in seeking me out to that end and for the undue stress it may have been upon you.

Whereabouts did you grow up?

[myownwoman]

It was not a hassle, simply my preference.

I was born in Berlin. The Soviet sector after the war.

[ gaby is absolutely not going to be the one to tell him about the berlin wall, but berlin was already split up after the war like pieces of a cake. ]

[preseance]

( seven years old. she likely has no memory of a time without war, an' given how things've been in germany afterwards... he ain't sure he can hold to hope that things've gone all right afterwards, neither. )

Reckon you miss it?

[myownwoman]

No.

I was lucky to escape my country and I have no intention of returning.

[ not while the wall continues to bisect her city. it rankles, daily, that she had waited and bid her time to escape from behind the iron curtain only to be discarded into a city enclosed by another wall. ]

[preseance]

( his brow furrows slightly. )

Well, for what it's worth then I'm glad to have you here and I hope you can find some manner of happiness in this place.

[myownwoman]

[ gaby hates it here. :) ]

I appreciate that. Hopefully you find yourself settled quickly.

[preseance]

Well, I've secured myself employment thus far. I like to think I land mostly on my feet.

[myownwoman]

Already? Impressive.

[preseance]

Well, it was mostly an accident. I was trying to find a place to go dancing, and one thing lead to another. Turns out there's still folk in this time that'd like to learn the Charleston, so now I'm teaching.

[myownwoman]

You dance?

[preseance]

Yes ma'am. Not so much as I used to, bum leg and all, but I never missed a chance in the war. Duke Ellington comes on and I just couldn't help myself, seemed like.

[myownwoman]

I used to be a ballet dancer.

[ not something she would normally advertise, very few people are aware. ]

[preseance]

Do you still keep up on it by chance? I'd love to learn. I knew a dame who worked as a nurse, she'd been in a ballet troupe before the war and left to take up the cause. Never seen anybody more graceful.

[myownwoman]

I've found it doesn't leave you once you learn. I'd briefly considered teaching children here before I found more preferable employment.