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[sweetling]

[On screen is Halfpipe with a smile that lights up the whole of her blue-tattooed face. She's in what looks to be a seedier district of the city, but not many Exiles are around.]

This place gets more and more like my world every day.

[At which she shifts the camera to focus on a point behind her--what several people will recognize as one of Exsilium's brothels.]

I'm curious, guys. How different is it here, compared to your homes? And if it is different, is it in good ways or bad ones?

Oh, and I'm Halfpipe, by the way.

Comments

[sweetling]

I'm okay with looking like a poodle. A wet poodle, on the other hand...

[stillbetter]

[That gets her to exhale with an amused streak.]

I know the feeling.

[sweetling]

So I'm not the only hair elitist?

[stillbetter]

Oh, I doubt it! There's quite a lot of vanity going on for a supposed war zone.

[sweetling]

Nobody says you can't kick ass, take names, and look hot all at the same time.

[stillbetter]

Can't some of us just look good?

[sweetling]

Well, yeah, but the other ones are fun.

[stillbetter]

I wouldn't know, I've never tried.

[sweetling]

You should, sometime. I'm no expert, but the few moments in the spotlight have been pretty cool.

[stillbetter]

Ah! See, I've never been a big fan of those.

[sweetling]

Not a spotlight person?

[stillbetter]

Can't say that I am, no.

[sweetling]

That's a shame.

[stillbetter]

All the more for other people to enjoy, really.

[sweetling]

Nobody likes being shy.

[stillbetter]

Not everybody can help it, I'm afraid!

[sweetling]

It's curable, I promise.

[stillbetter]

[She's smiling.]

How so?

[sweetling]

You just gotta get out of your comfort zone a lot.

[stillbetter]

Does being here count as being out of my comfort zone?

[sweetling]

Mm, probably. Since you said your world was a lot different.

[stillbetter]

It is. Even just the context of it - well. I'm sure you don't need to hear about it.

[sweetling]

Maybe I don't need to, but it doesn't mean I don't want to.

[stillbetter]

[well.]

I can't say I've ever been in a war zone.

[sweetling]

Yeah? It can't be all peachy where you're from.