[and he's originally from Belfast -- lived there until he was ten, until his mother took him and his sister and fled from his father and the Provos and the Troubles. he learned, then, to Not Be Irish, which is why he doesn't have much of an accent, if any, unless he's tired or drunk, and -- well, it maybe be contributing to his embarrassment a little, now, too. it's such a force of habit to hide the fact that he's Irish that admitting to it in offering up something traditionally Irish brings him a small measure of shame]
no subject
[did he mention how ridiculous he feels?]
It's an Irish funeral thing.
[and he's originally from Belfast -- lived there until he was ten, until his mother took him and his sister and fled from his father and the Provos and the Troubles. he learned, then, to Not Be Irish, which is why he doesn't have much of an accent, if any, unless he's tired or drunk, and -- well, it maybe be contributing to his embarrassment a little, now, too. it's such a force of habit to hide the fact that he's Irish that admitting to it in offering up something traditionally Irish brings him a small measure of shame]