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The Adventuring Life, Friday Period 3
"Not all peoples or places you come across on your travels will have the same practices or morals as you do," Yennefer told the students. "How do you handle this?" She turned to the bard to answer the question, if he could.
"You... don't sleep with their husband's or wives?" Had this been an entire thing discussed before class started? Yes. Definitely.
Yennefer clapped her hands together once, showily and sarcastically. "Very good! This will reduce the possibility of your losing everything, including your trousers, when you have to climb out a window to avoid the angry other spouse considerably. But that is, of course, just one example. I'm sure you all can think of others."
"Such as researching local customs before arriving," Jaskier added, moving on from his annoyed look at that response. "Like tipping! Very important, that."
"In some places, such as...this one, it's not just to reward particularly good service, but to make up an absurd shortfall in legal wages so people can afford things like 'rent' and 'food,'" Yennefer explained. "I have no idea who came up with this system, but there you have it. And then there are little nuances such as: are you expected to greet the shopkeep upon entering a store, or is mutual avoidance until you need assistance considered more polite? It's all very confusing." Possibly even moreso when you were dressed like you'd escaped a Ren Faire.
"So, perhaps we should start by pointing out the differences we've experienced here compared to home," Jaskier ventured.
"Well, there's the tipping thing," Yennefer said. "Living together before marriage isn't considered shocking, that's another. Apparently people out and about in 'shorts' and 'tank tops' aren't considered to be running about in their underwear..."
"Indoor plumbing!" Jaskier added cheerfully.
"And electricity! But they won't sell you alcohol on the mainland unless you're over twenty-one, which is frankly absurd. Some people have been married for years with two children by then." What? "What customs or moral practices of your homeland do you think might confuse newcomers?
"You... don't sleep with their husband's or wives?" Had this been an entire thing discussed before class started? Yes. Definitely.
Yennefer clapped her hands together once, showily and sarcastically. "Very good! This will reduce the possibility of your losing everything, including your trousers, when you have to climb out a window to avoid the angry other spouse considerably. But that is, of course, just one example. I'm sure you all can think of others."
"Such as researching local customs before arriving," Jaskier added, moving on from his annoyed look at that response. "Like tipping! Very important, that."
"In some places, such as...this one, it's not just to reward particularly good service, but to make up an absurd shortfall in legal wages so people can afford things like 'rent' and 'food,'" Yennefer explained. "I have no idea who came up with this system, but there you have it. And then there are little nuances such as: are you expected to greet the shopkeep upon entering a store, or is mutual avoidance until you need assistance considered more polite? It's all very confusing." Possibly even moreso when you were dressed like you'd escaped a Ren Faire.
"So, perhaps we should start by pointing out the differences we've experienced here compared to home," Jaskier ventured.
"Well, there's the tipping thing," Yennefer said. "Living together before marriage isn't considered shocking, that's another. Apparently people out and about in 'shorts' and 'tank tops' aren't considered to be running about in their underwear..."
"Indoor plumbing!" Jaskier added cheerfully.
"And electricity! But they won't sell you alcohol on the mainland unless you're over twenty-one, which is frankly absurd. Some people have been married for years with two children by then." What? "What customs or moral practices of your homeland do you think might confuse newcomers?
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