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[3nterprising]

So.

You're finally bringing me out of that cobweb factory you call a brain, huh? It's about time. You give that lunkhead way too much attention.

Let's hope you do me better justice than you do him. For my sake.

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[kafkaesk]

[O-Oh... She was - she was beautiful. . . (oh no, why is he here? Did she notice he had been looking a little too long?)

he looks away, hoping fervently that she had not noticed.]

[3nterprising]

[Too late. You've been spotted.]

See something interesting?

[kafkaesk]

[DANG IT

If he could hide, he would do so right now. Unfortunately, all he can do it stare back blankly and fail to look away even more.]

Y-Yes! -- I-I mean, no -- I-I-I -- !! [Just smite him now. Please. He bows his head in apology.] S-Sorry! I-I hadn't meant to -... - ...I-It won't happen again!

[3nterprising]

[She can't help but chuckle a little. She's very used to male attention, but this kind was a bit unusual. It's not every day a guy ogles her who at least attempts to be polite about it.]

Trust me kid, you're not the first. And you won't be the last.

[kafkaesk]

I-I ....! [Public speaking is not his forte.] ...I-It was still rude of me t-to stare like that...!!

[He can't bring himself to look in her general direction...]

[3nterprising]

[Definitely unusual. Maybe she'll have a bit of fun with this kid.]

Would you relax? It's not like you broke any laws.

[kafkaesk]

[what is relaxing? it's the thing he is clearly not doing right now]

I-I feel as if I have...

[3nterprising]

So, where are you from?

[Clearly, the men on Callisto need a lesson or two from this kid.]

[kafkaesk]

[the beautiful woman wants to know more about him . . . . !!!!!!]

Japan? [o-oh no that came out as a question . . .]

[3nterprising]

Are you sure about that?

[She teases.]

[kafkaesk]

Y-Yes! -- Yes...! From Tokyo, t-to be exact...

[Exact would be giving her his full address - which he was just about to do. Good thing he stopped himself in time!]

[3nterprising]

Tokyo, huh? Can't say I've ever been there.

[kafkaesk]

Oh... S-So where are you from?

[3nterprising]

[Quite wistfully.] Someplace far away.

[And vague.]

[kafkaesk]

[she's a mystery, she's too much for me but I keep coming back for more~ /old song references]

o-oh... It. Uhm. ...S-So you travel a lot? And you're far from home - uhm... Farther from home since th-this isn't. ... A home.

[3nterprising]

You could say something like that.

[kafkaesk]

[whatdoeshesaynow]

I - ... I haven't ...traveled much.

[3nterprising]

Yeah, I can tell. You should give it a try. You might run into something exciting.

[kafkaesk]

... Maybe one day. It ... It would be nice to see some of the places I've read about in person.

[3nterprising]

I guess that'd be fun. But what about places you've never heard of?

[kafkaesk]

... Those would be fun to see too. There is a lot more to the world than the city I live in.

[3nterprising]

Yes, there is. A lot more.

[kafkaesk]

[. . . okay he's too curious not to ask. Had she not been vague before, this never would have happened.]

What have you seen?

[3nterprising]

Mars, Venus, Ganymede, Io, Callisto...

And Earth, of course.

[kafkaesk]

You travel to planets?

[there's no hiding that surprise!]

[3nterprising]

[She blinks, having temporarily forgotten that space travel wasn't always a thing.]

That's right.

[kafkaesk]

[. . . she was either from the future or quietly mocking him.]

...How do you travel? Do you have a spaceship or a crew? [Or maybe (just maybe) she was an astronaut?]

[3nterprising]

Well, sort of. It's not really my ship.

[kafkaesk]

...You're part of a crew? That's exciting!

[He is a master of casual conversation.]

[3nterprising]

Well, if you call being stuck with a couple of grumpy, sloppy crybabies exciting.

[The small talk is actually quite refreshing!]

[kafkaesk]

[Score for the nerds who like to keep things simple! And the women who enjoy talking about refreshing topics!]

Yes -- I mean, no, that part's not as exciting. [That's more of a killjoy right there.] ...But you do get to see many beautiful sights! E-Except for sloppiness - and other things?

[3nterprising]

I guess the things I see are pretty nice. [she's realizing that she'd been taking it for granted after being in it for three years. She smiles when she remembers one particularly fascinating sight.]

There's nothing quite like being on Ganymede, though.

[kafkaesk]

Ganymede? Like the Greek youth who was abducted by Zeus?

[A place with a name like that must have been breathtaking. He can barely imagine it, honestly.]

[3nterprising]

Or Jupiter's moon.

[kafkaesk]

Oh? -- Oh! Right, that's right! The largest moon in the solar system and the one that may have an ocean or two!

[Good going, Kaneki, way to wow the Space Traveler with facts about a moon she is well familiar with.]

[3nterprising]

Yeah, that's the one!

[Of course, Faye wouldn't consider herself a space expert. After all, she hadn't known about the oceans until landing on the rock. It being the largest moon is also news. But she's good at faking it.]