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[The feed starts, focusing on a girl who appears to be around sixteen. She's sitting on a bed in the apartment she's been assigned to. She appears tense, nervous, though she does her best not to let that carry to her voice as she begins to speak.]

I'm sort of, um, not really new to the whole getting sent to a different world all of a sudden thing, so I don't really have any questions about that. I got everything about the war thing, too, even if I'm not going to have anything to do with it. I did have a few questions about some other things, though, so I'd be really grateful if there's someone out there who knows the answer!

The first thing might seem a little bit silly, but it's important. Um, to me, at least! I just wanted to know if there's a dance studio anywhere in this city, and where it is if there is one. The second thing I wanted to know is kind of more general, but, um, if the words Siren's Port mean anything to anyone here, I'd like to know, and to talk to those people a little bit, if I could. And the third thing...

[She pauses, looking down at her hands, away from the tablet.]

What do you think is the best place here to watch the sun go down? Um, thank you in advance.

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Oh, that's good! [She leans forward, interested.] Good times like what?

Good times like when I get to meet new people, and sometimes make friends with them. If we're all from different worlds, then that means we would never have met if we never left home.

Oh, yeah, thinking about that always helps a lot! At least it does for me, when I get down in the dumps. No matter how bad it gets, that part is always going to be really lucky.

Yup. We're in the middle of a war, so it's nice to have friends around here. I hope you can make lots of friends here, too.

So, is Siren's Port where you came from?

Thank you! I'm sure I'll manage.

It's the place I was before this, at least! I got sent there all of a sudden sort of like everyone got sent here suddenly.

Oh wow, so you didn't get a break, did you?

How was that place like?

Not really, but it could be worse.

There were some things that were really bad about it, but good things, too.

[So many of her friends were there. She quiets for a moment.]

I guess that's true of any place, though.

Fair enough and true enough. Well, I hope you don't run into too many of the bad things that happen here. You can count on Ol' Nick if you need anything though, pal.

[He sounds kind of like he read that off a script but he's grinning.]