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[reluctant10th]

[sitting at a bench in the park(because that is totally the best place to study, yes), staring at a book appropriately titled 'How to Learn Italian for Dummies'.

Come bother him? Steal his book? Anything to get away from studying]

[filtered to Giotto, voice]

Um...P-Primo? C-Could I ask you something?

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[demonicbookworm]

[Right behind you.]

What are you reading?

[reluctant10th]

[Nodding]

Yeah, he's here now

[and he's plotting something]

If you run into a little baby wearing a black suit or some strange costume, that's him.

[demonicbookworm]

Well, he'll definitely be hard to miss... [or mistake. Ruca is kind of curious now, what kind of person this Reborn actually is.]

[reluctant10th]

Y-You'd be surprised

[no, seriously, you'd be surprised how many people just do not recognize his tutor when he is in costume]

[demonicbookworm]

[Gives him a questioning look, but... oh well.]

Um, is your tutor the reason why you're learning Italian now?

[reluctant10th]

Yeah, he suddenly decided I had to know.

[demonicbookworm]

...But why Italian? There are a lot of other languages in your world, right? [In Ruca's there's only one other... and nobody uses it anymore.]

[reluctant10th]

[Because he's trying to turn me into a mafia boss No, he can't say that. Sorry Ruca, he trusts you but...if he can, he'd rather separate himself from anything 'mafia'-like if possible. Just an ordinary boy with a deranged tutor here, move on]

W-Well, one of my ancestors was Italian and a lot of the people I know speak Italian. I-I guess it's all about getting in touch with my...roots?

[demonicbookworm]

[Even if you said it, Ruca has no idea what a mafia is...]

Oh, I see. Is anyone of those people here?

I've never had to learn any languages but I think it would be at least a little easier for you to learn it, if one of those people could help you. [Ruca can help you only with the basic, because he never even heard anyone speaking Italian before...]

1/2

[reluctant10th]

Well, most of those people I mentioned -- I'm not sure if it's a good idea if I ask them.

[Even if they wouldn't try killing him, they just wouldn't be very good teachers]

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[reluctant10th]

I-I was going to ask Primo but I wanted to make sure my basics were okay first.

[demonicbookworm]

Primo?

[He smiles a little.]

Well, okay. [He takes a look at the book again, then after a moment.] Maybe try introducing yourself first?

[reluctant10th]

[Taking a deep breath before he begins introducing himself. Tripping and stumbling over some parts but doing an okay job]

[demonicbookworm]

[Listening and nodding]

That sounded pretty good... well, to me at least. [But don't worry, he learns fast. And it's actually scary how good his memory is...]

[reluctant10th]

[slumps over in his seat]

I hope it's good enough for Reborn.

[demonicbookworm]

...What kind of tutor is he actually?