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1 nq311303_msg0001 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Huh...? You're asking around about
the Homecoming rite, you say?
2 nq311303_msg0002 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Yeah, we thought we'd like to know
the differences between your ceremony
and ours, and stuff like that...
3 nq311303_msg0003 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I guess the main point of difference is that
we're given somewhere to live in the
residential district.
4 nq311303_msg0004 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 In the City, once you've crossed the
threshold of the Homecoming, you'll be
treated as an adult.
5 nq311303_msg0005 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Handing over the key to a new property
is like a celebration of that.
6 nq311303_msg0006 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 So you go to live somewhere different
once you've become an adult?
7 nq311303_msg0007 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 If you're going to start a family, it's more
or less essential.
8 nq311303_msg0008 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Nobody really wants to live their whole life
in a dormitory, you know...?
9 nq311303_msg0009 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 In practice, the Homecoming rite can spur
people on to settle down with a partner.
10 nq311303_msg0010 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I see... So the Homecoming is a sort of
crossroads at which the circumstances of
one's environment change. Hmmm...
11 nq311303_msg0011 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Wow, it all sounds like a really big deal,
becoming an adult...
12 nq311303_msg0101 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Joulietta has her Homecoming next year.
I hope we'll be able to celebrate it just
as grandly as this one.
13 nq311303_msg0102 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 And after that...
I daresay she'll be settling down.
14 nq311303_msg0103 Zl1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Can't say I'm thrilled that she's picked
Romero for that, mind...