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Con_Stripes · 01-06-2011, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

"How am I supposed to know what the right place or time is?" Jake asked abruptly, squeezing the chocolate frog in his hand a little too tightly. "It makes no sense."

Wait... what the heck?

A question changes because of the reasons... and once again, something to do with time. "No," Jake insisted, slumping back in his chair again and looking desperately in the direction of the drapes. "I have no idea."

Why was he only learning all of this now?

"Its hard to know." Truebridge agreed. "Most people can tell by looking at others, reading social cues. That sort of thing." He vanished the chocolate frog head and then opened another one, removing the head of that one and putting it aside too. "The easiest way, I find, is to save your questions for a time where there is less of an audience, or you've received a direct invitation to ask them."

The drapes changed colours, echoing Jake's confusion.

"Well if you ask it straight away it is often more impulsive, and often will be met with less respect if it is a serious sort of question. Thats when people often will claim your words as rude, as if you haven't given them enough time to come up with answers, or even ask the same questions themselves." At least that is what Zan found to be the case.

"If you wait, and approach a person with questions afterwards, generally one would assume you've truly thought about what you are asking, that you have weighted it and decided it really is an important thing to know, and that your reasons for knowing it are equally as important as the question itself." He vanished the second mini chocolate frog head, again without eating it.

"The other thing is, the reason you ask a question might be different to the reason that someone else asks the same question. Thats another thing that can change it, but isn't entirely relevant to this situation."

01-06-2011, 03:27 AM	#13 (permalink)
Con_Stripes Mooncalf Join Date: May 2008 Location: GMT +12 or 13 Posts: 7,031 Hogwarts RPG Name: Oz Thickey Sixth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Leon Odessa	The Eye of Sauron \| Zan-y \| Snake Charmer Quote: Originally Posted by Zoerawrr "How am I supposed to know what the right place or time is?" Jake asked abruptly, squeezing the chocolate frog in his hand a little too tightly. "It makes no sense." Wait... what the heck? A question changes because of the reasons... and once again, something to do with time. "No," Jake insisted, slumping back in his chair again and looking desperately in the direction of the drapes. "I have no idea." Why was he only learning all of this now? "Its hard to know." Truebridge agreed. "Most people can tell by looking at others, reading social cues. That sort of thing." He vanished the chocolate frog head and then opened another one, removing the head of that one and putting it aside too. "The easiest way, I find, is to save your questions for a time where there is less of an audience, or you've received a direct invitation to ask them." The drapes changed colours, echoing Jake's confusion. "Well if you ask it straight away it is often more impulsive, and often will be met with less respect if it is a serious sort of question. Thats when people often will claim your words as rude, as if you haven't given them enough time to come up with answers, or even ask the same questions themselves." At least that is what Zan found to be the case. "If you wait, and approach a person with questions afterwards, generally one would assume you've truly thought about what you are asking, that you have weighted it and decided it really is an important thing to know, and that your reasons for knowing it are equally as important as the question itself." He vanished the second mini chocolate frog head, again without eating it. "The other thing is, the reason you ask a question might be different to the reason that someone else asks the same question. Thats another thing that can change it, but isn't entirely relevant to this situation."