Catch-all: Rita

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Thanks to everyone, we could.

We're slated to graduate, so what are all those books for?

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Thought I'd bring some back with me. I've still got plenty to learn about otherworld technology that could be applied to my research back home.

[ercnerd]

Thinking about your research again? You and Mari would get along swimmingly.

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That the "other scholar" you said I reminded you of before?

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Yeah.

She's always reading and building things. And once she's done that, she takes everything apart to start over again. . . . I'm pretty sure she enjoys explosions, too.

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...

I guess that does kinda sound like me.

Is she someone you're planning on seeing when you get back to where you're from?

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Sooner or later, I'll have to see how she's doing. If I don't, she'll never leave her room.

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[oh. she's kind of, staring off into a corner of the room, like she doesn't totally want to acknowledge this, but...]

...Guess we have that in common, too...

[ercnerd]

You're better off than she is. You have Maya with you.

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... Y, yeah, I guess. [a pause.] I mean...

I don't know...

[ercnerd]

Hm? Don't know what?

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Technically, we only talked about staying together until graduation.

[and that's tomorrow.]

[ercnerd]

. . . You still have the night. Make the most of it while you're both here.

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... We will.

[...]

So... what are you planning on doing, once you get back?

[ercnerd]

Me?

That's easy. I'll go back to traveling with Elesis.

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Elesis?

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Elesis Sieghart. She's my descendant, as well as the current head of our family.

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Your descendant...?

[no wonder sieg has dad vibes...]

Not even "daughter" or "granddaughter" or anything?

[old man sure is old...]

[ercnerd]

If you want to be technical, she's my great, great, great, great, great . . .

[This will go for a while.]