[This is a bland, deadpan response to Yuan, contrast to the faint amusement Kratos sends his way. After all, all of them know he's a half-elf and his hair is blue. Beneath that, a degree of extra-amused certainty that Lloyd surely mustn't have learned that restraint from Yuan, in that case.
[Lloyd takes back the slate and bends over it with significantly more confidence and zest than he had before, though nearly at once he frowns.]
What's 'gamboled'? I thought it was like a bet.
[Oh. Hm. Kratos considers for a moment.]
What does it seem like to you, in context?
[Lloyd looks nonplussed, but then he rallies and, very tentatively, puts forth his best short.]
Uh ... well, it's a ... a movement? Like. Uh. I -- I don't know.
[Kratos uses his thumb to pull Lloyd's gaze back to the word.]
Have another look. Does 'gambol', to you, seem happy? Sad? Say it aloud -- don't forget to stress the last syllable.
[Lloyd mouths it first, looking sidelong at Kratos as though he really isn't sure about this, but then he says it aloud, a few times.]
I ... I guess it feels kind of ... bouncy. Kinda like how when Colette's playing with the dogs and they all jump around her.
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[This is a bland, deadpan response to Yuan, contrast to the faint amusement Kratos sends his way. After all, all of them know he's a half-elf and his hair is blue. Beneath that, a degree of extra-amused certainty that Lloyd surely mustn't have learned that restraint from Yuan, in that case.
[Lloyd takes back the slate and bends over it with significantly more confidence and zest than he had before, though nearly at once he frowns.]
What's 'gamboled'? I thought it was like a bet.
[Oh. Hm. Kratos considers for a moment.]
What does it seem like to you, in context?
[Lloyd looks nonplussed, but then he rallies and, very tentatively, puts forth his best short.]
Uh ... well, it's a ... a movement? Like. Uh. I -- I don't know.
[Kratos uses his thumb to pull Lloyd's gaze back to the word.]
Have another look. Does 'gambol', to you, seem happy? Sad? Say it aloud -- don't forget to stress the last syllable.
[Lloyd mouths it first, looking sidelong at Kratos as though he really isn't sure about this, but then he says it aloud, a few times.]
I ... I guess it feels kind of ... bouncy. Kinda like how when Colette's playing with the dogs and they all jump around her.
[Kratos nods.]
That's a gambol. It's a kind of playful romp.
Ohhhhhh.