Lanvin is summa cum laude

"The relationship made me a liar."

"Someone as noble as you? Economical with the truth, even? I mean, I can't even get anywhere with you."

"Not much of a stretch, Monsieur. At the end of your semester--love and sex continues to drag down your GPA."

"Like a master level class of Mandarin."

"But I would do all of this depravity outside the home. I had these relationships with men. Not many, but all sexual. Some situations where I was submissive and some where I orchestrated everything, but all were me picking a poor transient way to find something authentic with the few tools I had developed for me by the people in my life. I knew I had an incredible desire to search, and I also knew there was nothing wrong with it. Authenticity wasn't anywhere in my life at the time." She said quietly. "I would then come home and be married. He would be in the living room playing his role; drink in hand and I would be dialed back in, and trying to suppress this appetite."

"An American tale."

"More than that..."

"This goes on all around the world. I think I just did this yesterday."

"This isn't as common as you think. Yes, people are searching, no question, we all are. But many stop when they are surrounded by the false distractions of life. Except for you, of course--who got a lawyer involved when they removed bear claws from this dump of a restaurant."

"I needed to be heard on that issue."

"But there is a minority that remains completely focused. They are not giving up on this class. They want to understand themselves based on their opposites, such as in people, places and things, and they are not stopping till they are completely enriched. regardless of the rules they trample."

"I never pegged you as a vigilante."

"I am now."

"That looks nice in a dress."

"Maybe."

"That doesn't follow the rules."

"Correct."

"And picks at her bear claw."

"And you claim you don't know me."