6.) Information-seeking type of dialogue in which one party has the goal of finding information that the other party is believed to possess (8).
7.) Education dialogue, in which one party (the teacher) has the goal of imparting knowledge to the other party (the student) (9).
These two examples were found throughout Kagome and Sesshomaru's day the next morning. While Kagome was typing up her essay, she decided to split up their conversations into the appropriate categories. Some of their dialogue had been information-seeking, mostly when Sesshomaru was asking her questions about her world. The rest was education dialogue, where Kagome was teaching Sesshomaru about her world.
Sesshomaru had jumped into her room the next morning much earlier than Kagome would have liked. He shook her awake and Kagome rubbed her tired eyes. She glared at him but sat up slowly to get out of bed. Her raven hair was a mess and her eyes looked sleepy.
"Lets go," Sesshomaru said firmly and Kagome glared at him.
"Give me a minute!" Kagome hissed in a sleepy voice. She rubbed her eyes and slung her legs over the edge of the bed. She got up and stumbled a little. She reached her arm out to steady herself and found that her firm, very sculpted crutch was Sesshomaru's chest. Kagome blushed and muttered an apology. She took her clothing into the bathroom and showered. She was quick and soon she was standing with wet curly hair, ready to go. Kagome told him to leave his armour behind, since he did not need it here and it would only attract attention. Once Kagome had stripped Sesshomaru of enough accessories to make him look acceptable, they headed down stairs.
Sesshomaru let her grab some toast before they left through the front door. As they walked down the shrine stairs, Sesshomaru asked her questions.
"How many years in the future did you say this was?" His voice came from behind her.
"About 500," Kagome answered, looking over her shoulder slightly.
"Are there demons here? I do not sense any strong auras." Sesshomaru continued
"Not any that I know of. Inuyasha and I have managed to find a couple but I am not sure if they came through the well some how or if they had been living here for a long time." Kagome said in one long breath. She saw him nod out of the corner of her eye.
"Did humans manage to get rid of us?" Sesshomaru asked.
"I'm not sure," Kagome told him but when she looked into his eyes she could see that he was suspicious of her answer. She glared back at him confidently. Sesshomaru could see that she did not know and dropped the matter. They stopped at the bottom of the stairs and Kagome pointed out a few landmarks that they could see from where they stood and mentioned a couple street names to him as well, in case they were separated.
"What is that?" Sesshomaru pointed at the parked car in front of them. There were also several cars driving by on the road. Kagome thought the cars were going fairly fast and maybe Sesshomaru would be impressed by their speed but that did not seem to be the case. Kagome discovered that he was more interested in how they were moving on their own. Kagome explained the concept of a car and tried to tell him how it worked. She could see by the look on his face that he did not follow her entirely but she knew he would not tell her that. He simply said he understood and she left it at that. Kagome led him down the street and told him about other things in her world.
"This is a cell phone. They work by communicating with towers like the one over there and satellites... these large metal things that float above the earth. It lets us talk to one another when we're far away. I can call anyone in the world" Kagome explained and pointed in the appropriate directions when she mentioned the tower and satellites. Sesshomaru nodded and she continued.
"This is my school," She said quietly as if it would hear her. Sesshomaru looked at the large campus in front of him. There were several large, tall buildings.
"What do you do here?" he asked.
"I take classes so I can get a good job in the future. I have an essay due in two days, which is why I'm back here." Kagome told him. She grabbed his hand and led him farther down the street. She did not see the slightly widening of Sesshomaru's eyes when she took his fingers collectively in her hand.
"This is my favourite park. As you can see, there is not a lot of nature left in my city and it is nice to come here and enjoy it." Kagome told him.
"Though you do get to visit the feudal era often enough" Sesshomaru commented. Kagome nodded.
"Yeah, I'm lucky. I get to see Japan before we did this to it." Kagome said, gesturing with her free hand to the skyscrapers. She heard Sesshomaru give an agreeing grunt and she smiled at him.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" She asked him, "It takes about half an hour to get all the way around the lake." When she saw him nod slowly, she began to lead him down the start of the path.
