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[Ah, Valentine's Day. The one experiment a year Richard hates most, for a variety of reasons. Granted, this year wasn't TOO terrible, as he was spared the unfortunate fate of falling in love with anyone under the effects of the experiment... but that didn't stop other people from from falling in love/lust with HIM, much to his dismay. And that's left him with many things to think about, as have some of the reactions to the experiment that he's seen from other people. Which leads him to ponder...]

Indulge my curiosity: what sorts of things are considered traditionally "masculine" where you come from?

[A bit later on, Richard will head out of the house on a shopping trip to All Passions and the item store, where he can be found looking for a new wardrobe and a few other things, probably as a result of some of the answers he received to his question. After picking out a bunch of things to take home with him, he chooses something new to wear home as well: cargo pants, combat boots, and a leather motorcycle jacket, because all of those things are super-masculine, right? Alas, on someone with the approximate build of a toothpick and delicate features like Richard has, the end result is a bit ridiculous, but don't tell him that. (Or do, your choice.) He can't quite bring himself to cut his hair - he's still far too proud of it - so instead he opts to pull it back into a ponytail.

There. Much better, in his eyes. Now the question is, what will his friends and housemates think of this?]

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What if the hero does not wish to be praised through songs and legends? What if they just want to be treated like everyone else?

What hero would want that?

A hero who did the right thing because it was the right thing to do, not because they sought fame or glory for themselves.

A hero always will have done the right thing, or they wouldn't be a hero. And that hero will have always earned his honor, his song of glory for having done it. Perhaps humans honor less deserving heroes that you need to clarify like that, but orcs do not.

[Though Garrosh can't see it, Richard is smiling a bit on his end.]

You aren't anything like the orcs I've read about in books, you know. Let's just say those tend not to be nearly as honorable as you are.

[Rrrah] I've been noticing that.

I mean that as a compliment. I was only going from what I'd read, but now that I've spoken to you, I can see I was jumping to the wrong conclusions, and I apologize for that.

[He scoffs at that, brushing it off sourly] The half-hearted apology for a human for poor conclusions about orcs is pointless. As long as you keep the truth in mind.

I will, now that I know the truth. And I thank you for helping me realize that I was wrong. I suppose that is yet another thing we owe to this place, although I can't say the library here has been all that useful in dispelling misconceptions.

[Let's just say that he likes to read fantasy novels.]

Many novels are written by humans.

I can't argue with that either.

[He gives a derisive snort and decides to leave it at that. Unless this "man" has more to say, but. He's not exactly all ears anyway. He said his peace]

[Nope, Richard is happy to end the conversation there if that's what Garrosh wants. But hey, he's learned a lot about orcs today! And will probably be hitting up the library soon to see if he can find any books that DON'T portray them all as brainless ruffians.]

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