Tehr's words and responses had Emily smirking and nodding, and she spoke relaxedly about nudity, seeming to not consider the charm of a naked body as a taboo at all. She briefly recounted practicing in the nude before, and the way halfling women tended to stand together in her home town at least. Protecting one another to the point that even spousal abuse was very rare. A man treating one halfling woman of the family poorly might end up getting ignored by every woman in the community, as well as nearby ones as well at times it seemed.<br/><br/>She smirked a bit as he suggested observing their customs, her expression amused, but she said nothing. Waiting for him to finish his question first, she seemed to be thoughtful for a moment, before sighing very heavily. "Well." She stood up from her chair, walking up before him.<br/><br/>"It is a little more case by case. If it happens to be that you are observing a woman, they might be amused, a bit annoyed, or perhaps flattered. It depends on a person. While nudity is not taboo, having such interest is accepted and sexi s not frowned upon, but some women have reputation for only keeping one or two lovers, where as others believe the more the merrier." She shrugged casually. "The ones that prefer a single partner may find such a sign a bit disrespectful of their choice, but if they are aware you do not know of their choice they will likely take it with a bit of flattery and just inform you. If you kept showing interest in one such woman constantly though, they would get annoyed."<br/><br/>She pat her hand on his thigh, rising it up slowly, looking at his face. "If it was a woman who felt a bit flattered, she might just go out of her way to strike a bit of a pose, to give you something to think about while taking care of it. You might also find yourself asked to join someone along for a while, moving with them to take care of that somewhere a little more private." She showed a smirk, rising her hand away.<br/><br/>"Don't get me wrong, we are fun loving people but we don't tend to make a display about it. Perhaps among lovers a little show can be done but its not something we would invite a stranger in to watch." She let out a laugh. "That might happen in a gnomish society, if you got past the wariness they have about letting others see them that way." Emily then paused and took a breath. "These things dont apply to all halflings or all the gnomes either. They are generalisations based on observances." She winked.<br/><br/>"As for my sisters and shock value, well lets just say... they'd be playing take down the giant on you. Vigorously." She smirked. "And believe me, by the end of it you would be 'down' and unable to move." She let out a short laugh. "Its a bit of a play on words, but a rare bit of a thing. Most humans are not interested. My sisters room with an elf from house Saari, so they occasionally have such play." She shrugged. "But even the elf was a bit shocked when the nudity came up, and then again finding my sisters suggestion was not an off-hand joke."<br/><br/>Lady Emily watched Tehr very seriously now. "We avoid that in the city, due to the reasons that ought to be clear. House Dale would use any excuse to scandalize and drive us away to the countryside since we have also managed to steal some of the most profitable wine-clients from them since the halfling brewed vintage has been getting out to more attention. When you enjoy life, you get a bit more done, even if the farms and production is not quite up to the scale that the House Dale does with its hired servants."