[ A look of Serious Contemplation crosses Maomao's face here.
She was raised in a brothel. She taught the emperor's concubines how to have sex. This much shouldn't be anything to her.
But there were other factors to consider. The jovial atmosphere. The possibility of retaliation. The differing cultural norms, which she still wasn't entirely aware of.
The goal was to step outside of one's comfort zone, but what was the boundary between doing so and going too far? What was the boundary between that and not going far enough?
In the end, she settled for something simple, yet would force one to act outside of one's normal boundaries. ]
Very well then. The next attractive person you lay eyes on, you're to maintain physical contact until they tell you to stop. A hand on the arm, a hug, whatever works.
[ She thinks of this like a puzzle solved, and her tone says as much. ]
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She was raised in a brothel. She taught the emperor's concubines how to have sex. This much shouldn't be anything to her.
But there were other factors to consider. The jovial atmosphere. The possibility of retaliation. The differing cultural norms, which she still wasn't entirely aware of.
The goal was to step outside of one's comfort zone, but what was the boundary between doing so and going too far? What was the boundary between that and not going far enough?
In the end, she settled for something simple, yet would force one to act outside of one's normal boundaries. ]
Very well then. The next attractive person you lay eyes on, you're to maintain physical contact until they tell you to stop. A hand on the arm, a hug, whatever works.
[ She thinks of this like a puzzle solved, and her tone says as much. ]