"Ah." Mandy smiles gently, remembering a time when she'd been a foreigner learning odd turns of phrase. Maybe Kensington hadn't been another world, but it may well as been to the girl she'd been then. "It means what's...normal, expected to happen."
The next part is a little to hold back a chuckle for, though, and she's glad she hadn't taken another bite before Era spoke. She manages to swallow it with a hand over her mouth, biting her smile down a little. It's easier to remember a time when she was a silly American girl tripping her way through learning how to act like a Brit than it is to remember when she had to learn about sex beyond the 'lay back and think of England' rubbish. It had all more or less, lacking a better phrase, come naturally."
"That it does." She clears her throat, trying to find the balance between being informative and being crass. Crassness has it's place, certainly, but she doesn't think this is it. Arthur, for all he's still so young, would at least be able to listen to a more colourful explanation without too much discomfort, she thinks.
"Many people enjoy putting their mouths on another's...genitals, and having it done to them, while they're in an appropriate situation to do so. And men in particular seem to have a fascination with--watching women perform such an act, or anything that looks like it." She lifts her sugary confection, making another small show of running the tip of her tongue up the side, although there's nothing sensual in her eyes. Then, she lets a note of amusement come back to her voice. "If you don't want to get any similar looks, I'd be very careful about how you eat bananas or popsicles as well. But if you do, or if you've...more questions along the same lines, I'd be more than happy to explain."
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The next part is a little to hold back a chuckle for, though, and she's glad she hadn't taken another bite before Era spoke. She manages to swallow it with a hand over her mouth, biting her smile down a little. It's easier to remember a time when she was a silly American girl tripping her way through learning how to act like a Brit than it is to remember when she had to learn about sex beyond the 'lay back and think of England' rubbish. It had all more or less, lacking a better phrase, come naturally."
"That it does." She clears her throat, trying to find the balance between being informative and being crass. Crassness has it's place, certainly, but she doesn't think this is it. Arthur, for all he's still so young, would at least be able to listen to a more colourful explanation without too much discomfort, she thinks.
"Many people enjoy putting their mouths on another's...genitals, and having it done to them, while they're in an appropriate situation to do so. And men in particular seem to have a fascination with--watching women perform such an act, or anything that looks like it." She lifts her sugary confection, making another small show of running the tip of her tongue up the side, although there's nothing sensual in her eyes. Then, she lets a note of amusement come back to her voice. "If you don't want to get any similar looks, I'd be very careful about how you eat bananas or popsicles as well. But if you do, or if you've...more questions along the same lines, I'd be more than happy to explain."