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I know what a festival is. In fact my friends and I were organizing one before I was first summoned away. I meant the reasons for this particular one. Its origins. That sort of thing. How it became what it is now.

That common sense that people don't think to talk about because they grew up with it.

Edited 2025-11-02 17:20 (UTC)

[As someone who grew up straddling two cultures - sometimes more than one, depending on where in the world her father was stationed - Shaw gets it. She may not feel the alienation as acutely as others, but she understands what it looks like.]

ok

stock up on candy. not baked desserts or anything like that, pre-made individually wrapped candy. you can get it at the convenience store here. it's as much a candy holiday as a costume one.

I see. I've seen a bit of that in grocery stores.

[ She's likely talking more about fun size bars than actual Halloween packaging. But it's close enough. ]

So it's... to hand out? Ah. Is that what the 'trick or treat' bit is?

Trick or treat is a jokey threat. Give treats, or get tricks. No one actually goes through with it.

[Though, actually--]

Now that I think about it, maybe we shouldn't assume that here. Those bots are weirdly literal.

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