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Orpheus frowned slightly at the question, ordering quickly and then staring down at his hands on the table.
"Do I seem incredibly awkward, then? I'd actually thought I wasn't doing that badly, considering how out of practice I am." At speaking to women, that was, who weren't Athena. And Athena was a very different type of woman, easier to talk to and commanding enough that he didn't think of her as one. His mother and aunts were family, and easier. But other women... he'd avoided, then just ignored. So speaking to them had been out of the question. He'd fallen out of practice.