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[etudes]

[ So if you just happen to be walking through Luceti today, you might spot a girl sitting on the ground next to a tree at the side of the road. Her journal is opened in her lap, and it seems she's rather focused on reading it. See, there's nothing weird about that, but.. she's still wearing the New Feather dress and doesn't seem bothered or confused by the whole 'arriving in another place' ordeal in the slightest as long as she can read. In fact, she probably doesn't even realise she's not back home anymore, or that she has wings on her back. She's also turning the pages at a ridiculous speed, as if she needs barely any time to read a page. It looks more like she's skimming than anything else, but nope, she's actually reading all of that. ... Maybe someone ought to help her out.

Or you might run into her later during the day instead. If you're just standing somewhere around the village, you might find the girl staring at you for a long time, almost as if she's observing you long enough to decide something. After what is probably multiple minutes the girl might approach you a little hesitantly (she's making sure you're not a bully, okay, it's in everyone's best interests), only to quickly bow at you in greeting. ]

Hello. Bonjour. Guten Tag. Konnichiwa. Nihao. Salve. Hallo. [ Yes, she'll just start listing off 'hello's in almost every kind of language known to humankind to you. And if you don't cut her off, she'll continue until she has at least done it in 54 different languages. So better do something about that, yup. ]

Comments

[presumablyalone]

[Hmm, he thinks about this for a moment]

I think they're similar to the ones back home! Can you really tell where we are just by looking at them??

[etudes]

Of course. You can read your position on Earth just from looking at the positions of the stars.. I've read a lot about it before, so I might be able to tell if we can look up to the stars here.

[ not that she has any experience in practice. ]

[presumablyalone]

Wow... I had no idea we could do that!! Whenever you have time we can try to find out where we are.

[He's totally excited for this]

[etudes]

I have a lot of time.. We could do it whenever I'm not reading, if you want to.

[ well, she does read a lot, but that's actually already free time too, so. ]

[presumablyalone]

Okay! What kind of stuff do you read??

[He'll totally join her in reading stuff too, he's a pretty big reader himself]

[etudes]

I like to read anything at all.. I don't think there's any sort of book I read and didn't like. It's nice to read a little bit of everything, actually..

[presumablyalone]

Have you read about pirates before?

[etudes]

Of course. A lot of different things too.. About their way of life, about their history, not to mention all kinds of fictional stories about pirates and their adventures..