[Unfortunately all Lili knows in terms of relationship building is etiquette.
Pretending to be the General's well-behaved daughter (whether she succeeded at it or not) was her one role to play and if nothing else, she could use etiquette in order to get close to others in the capitol even if that's not what she really wanted to accomplish. Admittedly it's not why she wanted to get to know Leon but -- how was she supposed to know that he would react like this?]
If you would clear your strange prejudices for a moment you'd understand that even if I'm asking politely, that can't be the sole driving factor!
[And is she fudging up her own explanation? Yes, yes she is. But at least she's too caught up with defending her character to even notice that she's letting it slip.]
Extrapolating further would just be -- [embarrassing, mortifying, vulnerable] -- strange!!
voice distressingly
Pretending to be the General's well-behaved daughter (whether she succeeded at it or not) was her one role to play and if nothing else, she could use etiquette in order to get close to others in the capitol even if that's not what she really wanted to accomplish. Admittedly it's not why she wanted to get to know Leon but -- how was she supposed to know that he would react like this?]
If you would clear your strange prejudices for a moment you'd understand that even if I'm asking politely, that can't be the sole driving factor!
[And is she fudging up her own explanation? Yes, yes she is. But at least she's too caught up with defending her character to even notice that she's letting it slip.]
Extrapolating further would just be -- [embarrassing, mortifying, vulnerable] -- strange!!