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"My name is Courtney, and I'm not anti-social. I'm quite charming when I want to be." She said in a low, accented, voice, her eyes still obscured from view by her bangs, "I hate invansions of privacy is all." She moved the books so her presence could be seen, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Kumizu."

"Courtney has a hearing problem. She uses her telepathy to help her understand what other people are saying." Chiron interjected, "Of course you're not her keeper, it's just been a while since all the triplets were together in one place." He grinned, "Or did you think I forgot? Miki, Kana, and Dojo; One head for each of you." He laughed in a low voice, it was probably an inside joke. He stopped and looked at Kumizu, "Oi, you're not making designs on my girl Ayise are you?" He asked sneakily over the pile of books that had been pushed in front of him by Courtney.

((I never knew what the official name for those was.))

Kumizu cocked an eyebrow. Miki, Kana, Dojo... what the hell is he talking about...? Whatever. Not my business, I guess. Once Chiron asked his latest question, however, Kumizu forgot about the names. He had no idea how to respond, and was glad when Ayise stepped in. While she mentioned the time, Kumizu simply turned to the bookshelf and grabbed a book, feigning interest.

"I don't think so." Chiron said grinning at her, "Even adorable things have their appeal. You'd make an interesting toy for someone, don't you think?" He asked eyeing her, knoing full well she understood what he meant by that. "Of course, girls are always so choosy about what they get involoved in. You can't present yourself a certain way and not expect men to act a certain way..." he shrugged, "Anyway your parents will make up your mind for you if you don't. So I guess it doesn't matter."

(( 3nodding ))

Et tu? Maybe it was better if he didn't get involved with her, since everyone seemed to love using telepathy. He could tell that Ayise was looking at him, and that she was disappointed in his reaction; that he was "reading". Well, they weren't going out... right now...

Kumizu tried not to show a response when Chiron called Ayise a "toy", but at that point closed the book and put it away. Instead of saying what he wanted to, he simply asked, "Your parents choose your husband? Isn't that tradition old?"

"It's not. We Mihara girls are special, we excel at everything we do. Don't you know? We're supposedly perfect, we're excellent mothers and wives. So naturally our parents are very selective about who we associate ourselves with." She said with practiced ease. It seemed she had repeated this statement over and over.

"Although, normally they wouldn't try to arrange a marriage for me. Seiya eldest and she not cooperating so...I'm next."

Kumizu was still acted a bit confused. "But... what happens if you don't cooperate, like Seiya? I mean, there's still Courtney, right? She'd be the one to have the arranged marriage."

He smiled when Chiron told him the news. "Yes, that is wonderful. And... yeah, she is a bit more docile." He chuckled. Kumizu had become very good of keeping a smile on his face, without making it look plastered, and he'd encountered many incidents to practice it. Right now, he just wanted to get the hell out of the library. He focused on practicing a lesser-developed skill, his mental block, so the girls wouldn't hear that. Suffer in silence, he thought sarcastically.