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Who: skullkid! er. emblica.
Broadcast: nope.
Action: one fish, two fish, red fish, b-- no, it's just the red fish. or the neat little planet we're on.
When: early evening.

[ Actually, use of the term "skullkid" was not exactly correct for once, since she's not wearing it today. Who is this normal kid hanging around the SS Red Fish? Or hanging around the shops here.

Eh, she must be new. ]

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[She chuckles.] It doesn't sound like you expect much.

I'd rather avoid that disappointment.

They leave me alone, which is all that I'd ask.

Did you have many friends at home?

[ Raising an eyebrow: ]

I'm sure you can guess the answer to that.

I can... but it doesn't have to be like that here.

You're an intelligent person. You know why it isn't quite that easy.

[ It's hard to be friends with people that you know you'll outlive by centuries, or that you're worried you'll try to kill, or that you've lived centuries without and no matter what they'll never really know you. ]

Your situation is certainly different than mine... I can imagine it was difficult in many ways, living so long. But is enforcing your own loneliness really the best alternative?

There are animals who die of loneliness, but I'm not one of them.

[ Was that a joke??????????? ]

[She laughs whether it was or wasn't! Clever girl.]

Why did you bother with speaking to me, then? And offering all of this? [A gesture to the food.]

To have something normal while I got used to all of this.

[ That probably sounds bad. ]

[She chuckles. Emblica clearly wasn't raised to beat around the brush, or maybe she just lost the tendency as she got older. Hange would be curious to learn which.]

Normal, huh? The normal that others would hold to, not your normal.

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[ Definitely the latter. :( ]

They used to be the same thing. It does make getting acclimated easier. Learning many new things and being in an entirely new situation all at once is much more difficult than finding something familiar.

...it isn't as though I dislike your company, though.

It's all right, Emblica. We can be blunt. It's basically guaranteed that I'll die long before you will.

[Especially with Hange's dangerous line of work.]

I confess I'd just rather see you surrounded by people who made you happy.

It'd be nice if that weren't the case.

[ H...haha. ]

I'd rather you not worry too much about that, though.

[Nice... right.]

I'm not worried. It's just my wish for you.

[ She is old enough to be dead so many times by nowwwwww ]

...I appreciate it.

Let's move on.

[They don't need to beat a dead horse.]

Have you considered trying to grow one of your vegetable samples just in water?

I haven't. Do you think it might work?

I think you can do it with potatoes, at least to a certain stage!

I'd certainly be able to start much sooner than if I keep waiting to find usable soil...

Why don't you give it a shot with one or two? You could see if it worked, and then cultivate more if yes. I'd appreciate your help in setting up a garden in my lab too, if you were willing.

I wouldn't mind that at all. Although...it might go slower for you if I'm not around to help.

I can be patient, and the more we have growing, the better for everyone! If you played your cards right you might even come up with a nice little barter item.

[ Laughs a bit. ]

I don't even know what I would ask for in return. Maybe if anyone had books.

Goodwill can be useful on its own. Did you know... I think if humanity's at peace someday, I might like to study botany.