Log of the HIMA Tesla
Friday, February 19
Forenoon Watch: Two Bells
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“There. What do you think?” I looked down. “I think I’m wearing my corset on the outside of my blouse.”
“Yes. Don’t you think it gives you a kind of dashing look? Somewhat devil-may-care? Something that says you’re not a slave to convention, that you set your own trends?”
“I think it tells more of a state of mind so confused, I would be safer locked inside an asylum than left to wander the streets with my clothing worn inside out.”
“I don’t know,” Jack said, his head tipped to the side as he considered the bizarre sight I made. “All the steampunk ladies I met wore their corsets outside their clothes. I never once saw one hide hers.”
“Whereas I and every other woman of the empire prefer to keep our
