I wonder what kind of common ground we could have.
[She's clearly never seen this person in her life, but she does take a secondary, cursory glance to ensure she isn't missing anything. No, no one really wore facepaint like that in her world.
... Nor do they speak with such unfamiliar terms, and it draws Maria's face down into a frown. Apparently this one sees a commonality where Maria herself doesn't, but then, her experience with death, and what lies beyond it, might be considered a bit... unique.] ... A what? [Some of those were definitely words.]
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[She's clearly never seen this person in her life, but she does take a secondary, cursory glance to ensure she isn't missing anything. No, no one really wore facepaint like that in her world.
... Nor do they speak with such unfamiliar terms, and it draws Maria's face down into a frown. Apparently this one sees a commonality where Maria herself doesn't, but then, her experience with death, and what lies beyond it, might be considered a bit... unique.] ... A what? [Some of those were definitely words.]