Yeah. [Claude's eyes soften.] Ever since I got here...I've been fascinated by that. Not just by the world itself, but by all the people from all different kinds of worlds who've been pulled here, more or less existing in harmony. I'm sure there's friction I haven't seen, but as far as I can tell, none of it is because anyone hates anyone else for simply not being from where they're from. It's just individual conflicts like you'd get anywhere.
Still, this place isn't completely ideal. Those of us from different worlds haven't exactly been able to bring a lot of our culture here with us. I want people from all different walks of life to mix and appreciate each other, but that shouldn't mean a lack of expression for individual cultures - it should be a mingling of them. It's obviously a byproduct of the weird way this place works, but seeing how there really seems to be a whole lot of different foods, ideas, and influences here when there's really only one overall mingled culture...it helps me consider the kinds of things I want to avoid or emphasize in the implementing of my dream. I want people and cultures to mingle, not blend together until you lose the differences in homogeneity.
[Claude will be happy to find that a lot of of the homogeneity he's currently seeing is regional, and that once he gets to Kanto and Sevii there's more variety. For now, though, he's mostly seeing a monoculture.]
...but you're right, why are we talking about all this heavy stuff now? [He finishes off the last of his current piece of fried bread with a last big bite.] Was there any other varieties of bread you made that you want me to try before I get back to cooking? That curry's not going to finish itself.
[If it were anyone other than Dimitri, he'd hesitate to recommend trying his curry. He's...aware it's not going great. But Dimitri can't really taste things, so how bad can he find it? Aside from the burn of the spice, of course, but Claude already warned him about that and he seems ready to try it anyhow.]
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Still, this place isn't completely ideal. Those of us from different worlds haven't exactly been able to bring a lot of our culture here with us. I want people from all different walks of life to mix and appreciate each other, but that shouldn't mean a lack of expression for individual cultures - it should be a mingling of them. It's obviously a byproduct of the weird way this place works, but seeing how there really seems to be a whole lot of different foods, ideas, and influences here when there's really only one overall mingled culture...it helps me consider the kinds of things I want to avoid or emphasize in the implementing of my dream. I want people and cultures to mingle, not blend together until you lose the differences in homogeneity.
[Claude will be happy to find that a lot of of the homogeneity he's currently seeing is regional, and that once he gets to Kanto and Sevii there's more variety. For now, though, he's mostly seeing a monoculture.]
...but you're right, why are we talking about all this heavy stuff now? [He finishes off the last of his current piece of fried bread with a last big bite.] Was there any other varieties of bread you made that you want me to try before I get back to cooking? That curry's not going to finish itself.
[If it were anyone other than Dimitri, he'd hesitate to recommend trying his curry. He's...aware it's not going great. But Dimitri can't really taste things, so how bad can he find it? Aside from the burn of the spice, of course, but Claude already warned him about that and he seems ready to try it anyhow.]