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[serbian]

Is that so surprising?

[ it doesn't seem like it would be to him, but then again, he's the one who grew up in a small town in the middle of the hapburg miliary frontier where most professions were tethered to the church in one way or another. ]

[deaddrop]

Maybe not. I don't run into too many priests. Or sons of priests.

[But it's a very different era, if nothing else.]

Could be the communism.

[She says that last part very wryly; that's not true, but it's a much shorter answer than her actual story.]

[serbian]

There's that, yes. Also keep in mind that I grew up in the sixties — the eighteen-sixties.

[ which is important to note. the world has changed, he's just old af. ]

At least you missed out on having that held against you. I got docked for being a heretic.

[deaddrop]

Slightly different era.

[Just slightly. Natasha huffs, her breath a little raspy.]

Somehow, I feel like you wouldn't mind that reputation a little. An iconoclast.

[serbian]

No comment.

[ he says it in a way, however that implies heavily that she's right. nikola doesn't mind in the least. ]

...was that a rasp I heard?

[deaddrop]

Just a little sore throat.

[She will try to play that off very blandly. Nothing to worry about.]

It'll be fine. All things considered, it's not hard to be under the weather.

[serbian]

Unless being under the weather means you'll soon be six feet under.

[deaddrop]

It's a little early to assume the worst.

[serbian]

People like me assuming the worst often means there are solutions at the ready when the worst does happen.

[ it's not always about him being a bitter pessimist in his 100s. ]

[deaddrop]

I see your point, but I'm not so sure what you'd be able to do to fix this one if it goes south.