Second Floor Common Room [Tuesday afternoon]

[rings-of-grace.livejournal.com]

It had been several weeks, now, since Po had arrived in this strange land, and he felt fairly educated about his new surroundings. The indoor lights and running water had fascinated him, certainly, as had these mysteries called "electronics," but he felt confident that now, at least, he understood these things in theory, if not wholly in practice.

Today, though, he was left with questions as he stared in confusion at the television. He had been told these devices were for entertainment, and thus he'd happily watched as people behind blue boxes bearing their scrawled names had answered questions about this world, moments earlier. But for the last twenty minutes, an older man had appeared and attempted to convince him that comfortable sleep was nigh unto impossible.

Po frowned as he watched, unsure what this strange man's purpose was. He made sleep seem as though it were a mission that could never be achieved without this pillow -- surely the same audience that so enjoyed the questions before wouldn't fall for this spiel? It seemed like misplaced advertising.

And, also, a really stupid pitch for a fairly useless-sounding product, but Po supposed that was neither here nor there.

[this post brought to you by the endless My Pillow infomercial that has been airing on every TV I've happened to see this week. Open!]

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[rings-of-grace.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," Po said, reaching for a sandwich. He paused, thinking about it, and added, "Well, should you ever want to learn to throw a really good right hook, I'd be happy to teach you technique, at least. I've assisted all my brothers in their training -- Graced or not, it doesn't hurt to know how to fight, should the occasion arise."

[justbeingbay]

Bay paused with her sandwich halfway to her mouth, surprised. "Sure," she said. "I mean, I never really thought about it, but that would not suck as a thing to know. Thanks for offering."

[rings-of-grace.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Po replied, shrugging. "Ladies aren't much for fighting where I'm from, though there's one notable exception, but I've always thought everyone ought to learn at some point."

[justbeingbay]

"Well yeah," Bay agreed. "It's not that girly where I'm from either, but even if your life is totally safe most of the time, there's always that one time things just don't go your way."

[rings-of-grace.livejournal.com]

"And thus we prevent that one time," Po said amiably. "I'm Po, by the way."

[justbeingbay]

"Bay," Bay said amiably. "We're both all monosyllabic."