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"But I do think it would be a good idea if we slept together," she said. "We're in a different country, and the sex you have when you're away doesn't have to count, in my opinion."
"I'm unfamiliar with that custom." He walked back to her door.

It was 1996, and the word
"appropriation" never
occurred to either of them.
They were drawn to these
references because they loved
them, and they found them
inspiring. They weren't trying
to steal from another culture.
though that is probably what
they did.

Sadie laughed a bit to herself, thinking this was what it was like to play someone else's game: to have the illusion of choice, without actual choice.