conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  The end of the rainy season finally came to the Bauer Kingdom, and with it summer. The Academy was on break, so we spent the day relaxing as a family. Claire and I were helping May and Aleah with their studies. They had been taught basic reading and writing at the orphanage, but they hadn’t had much time to familiarize themselves with it. Even so, they proved to be fast learners and could now write as well as anyone in their age group.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "Mama Claire, what’s this say?" May asked from atop Ralaire. She’d taken a liking to sitting on the water slime as of late.
conversations.prefix: May:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "That says ‘birthday.’"
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "What’s birthday?" May asked curiously.
conversations.prefix: May:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "I know what it is." Aleah cut in with a proud look. "It’s a day to celebrate someone being born."
conversations.prefix: Aleah:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "That’s right, Aleah. Do you two remember when your birthday is?"
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "I forget. Do you remember, Aleah?"
conversations.prefix: May:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "Of course. It’s the thirteenth day of the twelfth month."
conversations.prefix: Aleah:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  Dates in this world were based on the solar calendar, just like in my world, but they ran a bit simpler. This world had twelve months, each with thirty days. "That’s right. We’ll celebrate your birthday then."
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "Yay!"
conversations.prefix: May:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "Sounds fun!"
conversations.prefix: Aleah:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  Claire watched the two fondly as they rejoiced before looking my way. "Come to think of it, I don’t know Rae’s birthday."
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "Of course you wouldn’t. Not even I know my birthday."
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "What do you mean?"
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "Did you forget? I’m a lost child of the spirits."
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "Ah…" As a young child, Rae Taylor had been found wandering Euclid and taken in by the couple who adopted her. Hence, my true birth date was a mystery.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "So you didn’t celebrate birthdays?" Claire asked.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "Commoners don’t have the financial leeway to celebrate birthdays. At most, we celebrate New Year’s and the Harvest Festival." Bauer commoners were poor and tended to have many children. Celebrating birthdays regularly could put a real dent in a household’s finances. Extravagant birthday parties were a luxury that only nobles enjoyed.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "I see… Then what was your birthday in your previous life?"
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "My previous life?"
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "Yes. I believe you were from a well-off family, were you not?" Some time ago, just before the revolution, I’d told Claire how I’d once lived in another world. She seemed to remember the details quite clearly.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "Let’s see… The calendar in the other world was a bit different, but in this world, I think my birthday would equate to around the nineteenth day of the seventh month?"
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "That’s right around the corner! You should’ve said something sooner!" Claire said angrily.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "Is it Mama Rae’s birthday soon?"
conversations.prefix: May:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "Are we going to celebrate?" We’d caught the children’s attention. They seemed to be quite taken by the topic of birthdays.
conversations.prefix: Aleah:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "It’s fine, we don’t need to worry about my birthday. Let’s just use the money on your birthdays."
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "Absolutely not!" Claire protested. "You’re a precious member of our family."
conversations.prefix: Claire: