Even if they don't accept the whole thing, I think maybe they'll do at least something, just because of publicity. It takes a lot of effort to change bad things, sometimes, so people don't. Like I think the Ministry thinks safety is a thing the League should do, and the League thinks safety is up to the players, but if no one else is being safe, being the safe player puts you at a disadvantage maybe, so nobody in that chain can fix the system, right? But if everyone expects them to do something, they will, because they all want the reputation of being a good person.
I think the petition will work, but if it doesn't maybe you can take it to the teams. They'll look at it from a business standpoint: if enough major teams make safety adjustments and that attracts more players to those teams, all of the other teams will have to make some changes to stay competitive.
Oh. That. No, that's really clever. I should have sent owls to all the team owners. Maybe I should do that before I-wait, wait, wait, no. *He shakes himself like a dog coming out of water.* No. Perfect is the enemy of done. You've got signatures and you already delayed it. You can do that later. Yeah, I can do that after. I can do it after. Okay. But that was a real good idea, Dae, thank you.
Sure, I'm happy I can help. *He missed a bit there in the middle, and he would just move on except it felt off. Bolly's usually one of the best at making sure Dae-Jung can understand him.* Is everything okay? You dropped out a little bit.
I did? *Did he? Bolly doesn't think he did. He tries to remember exactly what he just said, and is a little worried when he can't, but he knows the gist of it.* Should have sent owls, can do it later, *he repeats, signing owls-past sent, able-future as he speaks.* That was it. It will be fine. *And he suddenly does not want to be talking about this any more, so he blurts the first thing that comes into his head, which is:* Ava's mother is marrying your father.
Ava didn't want to go but she wanted to go for her dad, so I said I would go with her so she had someone there for her too. Do you think your father will follow Welsh tradition and perform the symbolic capture of the bride from her family, or the wedding chase? Will there be a Bidding? And a Gwahoddwr? *He pronounces this exactly how it reads from a book in English and not even slightly close to Welsh.*
*He dithers a bit about correcting Bolly, but Bolly likes learning, he'd want to know, so he does. And then adds* I don't think he will, though, he's not usually that much for the old traditions like that. It'll probably be pretty modern.
It's probably not going to be that interesting. But it's not for us, really. *He's not sure what it is for. It could be love, he'd like to believe it's love, it's not entirely out of the question that it's love. Legitimacy, probably, is a smarter bet but he doesn't know for sure.*
I think Ava thinks they're doing it because her mum is pregnant, *Bolly says without thinking and then immediately regrets it.* She's probably just guessing. I don't think her and *he feels weird every time he says 'her mum' and swaps for* Kimmi speak much.
I don't think they do. Who knows why anyone gets married, really. I know if Kimmi was pregnant my dad would want the baby to have a proper family so, maybe.
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Even if they don't accept the whole thing, I think maybe they'll do at least something, just because of publicity. It takes a lot of effort to change bad things, sometimes, so people don't. Like I think the Ministry thinks safety is a thing the League should do, and the League thinks safety is up to the players, but if no one else is being safe, being the safe player puts you at a disadvantage maybe, so nobody in that chain can fix the system, right? But if everyone expects them to do something, they will, because they all want the reputation of being a good person.
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I think the petition will work, but if it doesn't maybe you can take it to the teams. They'll look at it from a business standpoint: if enough major teams make safety adjustments and that attracts more players to those teams, all of the other teams will have to make some changes to stay competitive.
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Oh. That. No, that's really clever. I should have sent owls to all the team owners. Maybe I should do that before I-wait, wait, wait, no. *He shakes himself like a dog coming out of water.* No. Perfect is the enemy of done. You've got signatures and you already delayed it. You can do that later. Yeah, I can do that after. I can do it after. Okay. But that was a real good idea, Dae, thank you.
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*Oh, well, he's too much himself not to subject change when the subject clearly wants changed and so* Yeah, they're getting married next month.
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Ava didn't want to go but she wanted to go for her dad, so I said I would go with her so she had someone there for her too. Do you think your father will follow Welsh tradition and perform the symbolic capture of the bride from her family, or the wedding chase? Will there be a Bidding? And a Gwahoddwr? *He pronounces this exactly how it reads from a book in English and not even slightly close to Welsh.*
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*He dithers a bit about correcting Bolly, but Bolly likes learning, he'd want to know, so he does. And then adds* I don't think he will, though, he's not usually that much for the old traditions like that. It'll probably be pretty modern.
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Oh. Well. That's boring. I-i-in the sense of being commonplace. I'm sure a nice modern wedding won't be boring. Or common!
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It's probably not going to be that interesting. But it's not for us, really. *He's not sure what it is for. It could be love, he'd like to believe it's love, it's not entirely out of the question that it's love. Legitimacy, probably, is a smarter bet but he doesn't know for sure.*
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No, it's to show off to the community that they're contractually entwined as well as romantically.
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Yeah, I think it is. It's a pretty big step for them.
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I think Ava thinks they're doing it because her mum is pregnant, *Bolly says without thinking and then immediately regrets it.* She's probably just guessing. I don't think her and *he feels weird every time he says 'her mum' and swaps for* Kimmi speak much.
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I don't think they do. Who knows why anyone gets married, really. I know if Kimmi was pregnant my dad would want the baby to have a proper family so, maybe.
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