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[loadme]

Hi!

How's everybody doing today?

[Monika just stares at the shard, smile on her face.

Gosh, she sure hopes people answer her. Otherwise this would be pretty awkward!]

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[loadme]

Huh? Oh gosh, not at all! Sorry if that's what it sounded like!

Honestly, I'm just as confused about what's going on. But I thought it would better to maybe get some conversation going, and to introduce myself, too.

[sharpshooterpaladin]

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... It's so normal it makes Lance feel weird, but he has to admit, ] That's... fair, I guess.

Uh, so who are you? I'm Lance.

[loadme]

Oh, sorry, I didn't actually got to that part.

Hi! I'm Monika. It's nice to meet you, Lance.

[sharpshooterpaladin]

Nice to meet you too, Monika. So uh... where are you from?

[loadme]

Oh, I'm just a high school student from Japan!

[That's what everybody assumes nowadays, she figures.]

What about you?

sorry about the delay! I really had to think on this one...

[sharpshooterpaladin]

Me? Hah, well-- [ You have rarely seen a teenager look this smug.

But then he falters as he reconsiders what he's going to say, his expression crumbling into something more uncertain. ]

I uh... I was a cadet at the Galaxy Garrison. But I dunno if you'd have heard of it.

[loadme]

I sure haven't, but that's okay! With so many different people around, we're all bound to have different stories.

[A pause, before giving his words some thought.]

So, when you said Galaxy... Does that mean you've been to space?