<"I asked them to, or even to go and find a shop where they sold formal attire for changelings like me...but they refused to 'ruin' a kimono for the first one, and the second one was...well, it was very expensive, especially when you had kimono from when your elders were girls.">  Sounded like rather than buy new ones, this particular family practiced the tradition of passing them down...expensive, to be sure, but only if there were repairs needed.<br/><br/>Musubi shivered just a little at the hand petting the fur of her tail as it flicked close to Elisabeth.  Her eyes closed for that moment, and she inhaled to prevent anything untoward from coming out of her mouth.  The breath was released slowly after ward.<br/><br/><"No, I think that's a very good look for you,"> the catgirl replied when she was asked about the mage woman's look.  <"Please don't take offense, but I don't really see you as the pantsuit or blouse and skirt type.">  Elisabeth seemed stronger, more masculine, than most women.