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[....Boy, it's a bit early to be making a video, isn't it? But it would seem someone's set on it, the way the feed settles on the open window of a room before it's turned around to show... Rakka. She seems rather awake, despite the early hours, peering down at her gear with those big eyes.]

Look at this.

[Quiet voice, Rakka. A simple thing to ask before she moves the screen again, jostling it but actually making it clear that they're going to the window and the gear is heading riiiight through it.

Outside the window was Violet city, obviously quiet and dark at this hour, though not so much now as it used to be. The street lamps provide decent illumination, but that's not what Rakka wanted the gear to see as she turns the gear around so it's facing upwards. Pointed into the dark night sky, you get an impressive view at the expanse of twinkling stars up there.]

They're beautiful, right? ...But at the same time they also seem strange. The stars here remind me of the ones back home. I was wondering if any of them are the same, or if I would even be able to tell. [Off-screen, Rakka breaths a quiet sigh.] Maybe not...

[She pulls the screen back into view of her again.] At least I'm getting used to this world now. It's been... [yaaawn] easier then before... Huh?

[Now is the perfect time for a couple of sleepy Doduo heads to poke their heads into the frame and seek attention via tenderly and repeatedly nudging their trainer. Absolutely. It helps sleep-deprived Rakka notice them.]

H-hey, what's wrong? I'm not doing anything...! [Wait, unless she... oops. Whisper time should still be in effect uuhhh] I'll go to bed soon, really...

[And the feed is cut there. Pleasant dreams, Route.]

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[placidly] Damn right she is.

[He idly strokes Steve's ears.]

I was asking what your homeworld's like. A couple details should narrow down whether it's earth or not, at least.

[He lets out a deep sigh.]

Christ, saying stuff like that doesn't even feel weird anymore.

Oh! Well, my world's kind of different from everyone else's I think. [She starts slowly, piecing her answer together as she goes.]

Well there are humans, for starters. I think that's important. And, um, aside from that, the biggest thing is the only part of my world that I know about is the town I'm from.

Humans, that's a good place to start. You're one of those, right? You can't tell by looking around here.

Right, small-town girl. It got a name? You always live there?

Oh, no. [She drowsily shakes her head.] I wasn't a Human. Actually, I was a Haibane.

[Explanations are haaaard.] And... the town is named Glie. I've lived there for as long as I can remember.

A High Bunny? [That wouldn't make sense even if it wasn't in the middle of the night.]

Glie. That doesn't ring a bell, but geography isn't my strong suit. Got a name for the country, or for who's in charge there? Any big landmarks that get a lot of tourists?

"Haibane". It's uh... [Um. Err. She's too tired for this.]

Oh. Uh, well there's the big walls around town. Does that count as a landmark?

High-Ban-Ay. Huh. What's that, a race?

That helps some. Not a lot of towns like that these days. That went out of style about when people stopped using catapults.

Hey.

[Maybe this is a weird question to ask a teenage girl he just met, but it's the middle of the night, when even the best of people have a hard time fighting off philosophical moods.]

You miss it?

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