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nq311303_msg0001 |
Huh...? You're asking around about
the Homecoming rite, you say? |
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| 2 |
nq311303_msg0002 |
Yeah, we thought we'd like to know
the differences between your ceremony
and ours, and stuff like that... |
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nq311303_msg0003 |
I guess the main point of difference is that
we're given somewhere to live in the
residential district. |
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nq311303_msg0004 |
In the City, once you've crossed the
threshold of the Homecoming, you'll be
treated as an adult. |
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nq311303_msg0005 |
Handing over the key to a new property
is like a celebration of that. |
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nq311303_msg0006 |
So you go to live somewhere different
once you've become an adult? |
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nq311303_msg0007 |
If you're going to start a family, it's more
or less essential. |
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| 8 |
nq311303_msg0008 |
Nobody really wants to live their whole life
in a dormitory, you know...? |
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nq311303_msg0009 |
In practice, the Homecoming rite can spur
people on to settle down with a partner. |
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nq311303_msg0010 |
I see... So the Homecoming is a sort of
crossroads at which the circumstances of
one's environment change. Hmmm... |
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| 11 |
nq311303_msg0011 |
Wow, it all sounds like a really big deal,
becoming an adult... |
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| 12 |
nq311303_msg0101 |
Joulietta has her Homecoming next year.
I hope we'll be able to celebrate it just
as grandly as this one. |
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| 13 |
nq311303_msg0102 |
And after that...
I daresay she'll be settling down. |
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| 14 |
nq311303_msg0103 |
Can't say I'm thrilled that she's picked
Romero for that, mind... |
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