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"If I didn't know any better," The straw faintly clinks against the edge of her unmarred glass, reflection of the spear end that once held its crown of an olive catching along its shine. The sort of glass hotels stock in spades to appear rich, when they got them two cents off a dollar overseas, shipped with frigid sheets and career regret. Eyes flick up before settling forward in a hum. "I'd think you were following me."

Flaws -- Bastille

Starling will always consider herself a Southerner. There’re condensations with that label that carries baggage, but it's the truth. West Virginia. Born and raised to develop enough tastes to get confused when living in Montana or anywhere North of Dixie.

Miami is something else; sure, it's past the Dixie Line, way past Dixie, but it's a mishmash of Yankee and Southerner and she feels less confused in the recent days than anywhere else. It's just the taste for pastel that makes her just sigh.

There's an issue down here, whispers of a Cartel that the locals have desperately attempted to keep out of Washington and failed. When Clarice talked to Ardelia about it, her friend's dark eyes lit up with a brief smile. She knew someone who knew someone down in Miami who'd make it easier. Sure, lawyers were seen with some suspicion by locals, but the FBI needed allies.

Rose Solano was a well-known lawyer in Miami, but better known as a socialite in the recent years, and an ally that she could use in easing herself into the Sin Rostro situation. And while Starling had her particulars in dealing with traditional crime, drifting ever further from her original passion, a success might bring her back to where she wanted. So, at the agreed upon time Clarice Starling looked out of place in her FBI darks at the All-Day cafe while preparing herself for the brief meeting.

Character Solidifying

9. What about political beliefs? 

Left wing, no matter the verse or where she lives. 

10. Is your character street-smart, book-smart, intelligent, intellectual, slow-witted?

Bedelia is mostly book-smart, intelligent, and intellectual. She’s also a bit street-smart, but only from few experiences she had when she was younger which she doesn’t consider as enough to consider herself as street-smart. She was raised books-mart and intellectual by her parents, they wanted her to be that kind of young woman and it worked. 

12. How does their education and intelligence – or lack thereof - reflect in their speech pattern, vocabulary, and pronunciations?

With the education she got at home then during her school to university years, she learned to speak in a classy way that show she comes from a good background. It’s particularly obvious when she uses metaphors and words that most wouldn’t use in daily conversations. She’s also extremely careful to pronounce words and names properly. However, she has moments during which she’s more relaxed and sounds more casual. 

13. Did they like school? Teachers? Schoolmates?

She liked school, but she wasn’t the model student who absolutely adores going to class. There had been times during which she was bored, mostly during her high schools years, and while she wanted to be the best, she wasn’t as studious as she could have been. Her relationship with teachers was polite, some she liked, some she didn’t really, but it wasn’t before university that she met a teacher that would have an impact in her life. As for her schoolmates, they weren’t people she considered her friends, but more acquaintances. Even when she was a child, she didn’t have a strong connection with any of her schoolmates, but she did have friends. Bedelia liked their company, but there wasn’t that thing that would make her truly like them. 

19. What were your character’s deepest disillusions? In life? What are they now?

(sometime i should watch this show.)