[ this is FASCINATING. pazu this canon is wild. rondo watches all of this with rapt attention, looking occasionally between her and the memory itself, and when it finishes, he says in realization, eyes big and wide. ]
What... Miss Kate, what was all of that? Why would they...
[ the other shadow... and that one who was super mean to her???? he looks distressed into the void as if he can understand it better. also her friend?! her - shadow, she really was like her shadow....??? ]
It must seem a bit incomprehensible to someone who's never lived there...
In order to participate in shadow society, one must have a Face. The Debut is when young shadows and their new Faces undergo a trial before joining the rest of the nobles in the children's wing. What you just saw was the coming-of-age party, to celebrate the new pairs that completed that trial.
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... The coffee?
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[ the other shadow... and that one who was super mean to her???? he looks distressed into the void as if he can understand it better. also her friend?! her - shadow, she really was like her shadow....??? ]
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In order to participate in shadow society, one must have a Face. The Debut is when young shadows and their new Faces undergo a trial before joining the rest of the nobles in the children's wing. What you just saw was the coming-of-age party, to celebrate the new pairs that completed that trial.
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[ okay, that makes sense, but it's... he frowns, a little more intensely. ]
And... that man that they were all... Were they drugged? Why...?
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That's...awful, Miss Kate. [ eugh. ] I'm glad that you didn't, at least, but your friend...
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