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[fried]

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[trifocal]

There's still much that I'm confused about, but all things considered, I'm grateful that we seem to have comfortable accommodations.

What about you? What do you think of this place?

[fried]

It's pleasant. A little too pleasant, but I've grown suspicious and hard to please in my old age.

[ cheerfully said. ] It isn't what I expected, but that's a good thing.

[trifocal]

You don't look that old...

Still, as pleasant as it is, I hope it is just temporary... This isn't quite the afterlife that I expected.

[fried]

I hear that often.

What did you expect?

[trifocal]

I'd hoped to see my family, or to be able to watch over my brother...

But perhaps that won't be possible, unless the proper funerary rites are performed...

[fried]

[ nooo... ear flick. ]

I see. And you assume those rites weren't performed?

[trifocal]

... Yes. I died in a foreign land, where most people would not know our rites... nor would they be inclined to perform any service for a mustari stranger.

Perhaps if my body is returned to my homeland, there may still be time...

[fried]

Ah, Basilio mentioned the mustari.

[ o: ]

I'm sorry. This is a difficult position to be in, and you have no control over it. It must be frustrating.

[trifocal]

You've met Basilio? [ Her expression lightens a little. ]

Thank you for your kind words. I... suppose there is nothing to do at this point but to wait and see.

[fried]

Of course. I do hope it works out for us.

[ as for the first bit: ]

I have met him. He's my roommate, in fact.

[trifocal]

Oh, that's lovely! I'm sure he will be a wonderful roommate. He's a very kind and reliable person.

[fried]

Haha, you seem to know him pretty well. I agree with you, he is good company.

Are the two of you friends?

[trifocal]

[ thinks about it...

and smiles. ]

Yes! I had the fortune of traveling with him for a short time.

[fried]

Where did you travel? Forgive my curiosity, I find myself drawn to stories of new places.

[trifocal]

We crossed the ocean, to a city on the mainland. It was so very cold, I didn't know what to do. Oh, and there was snow!

[fried]

Haha, had you never seen snow before? It is very bracing.

[trifocal]

[ she shakes her head. ] No, never!

Does it snow where you're from, Jiaoqiu?

[fried]

[ sorry i had to go do research on the wiki i hate star rail ]

Not precisely. Our environment is simulated, so it isn't real snow. But it feels that way, and I have experienced it on other planets, when I visited.

[trifocal]

[ i'm so sorry for inflicting that on you and for mihoyo in general ]

Simulated? ... Other planets?

[ ??? ]

[fried]

[ thank you prepares to suffer for eight weeks ]

No interstellar travel for you either, I see. [ he sounds wry. he has explained technology to so many ye oldes today. ] Where I come from, we live out among the stars.

[trifocal]

A-among the stars?

[ she looks up, just kind of reflexively, at that. ]

But how?

[fried]

Through the use of spaceships. You said that you traveled across the ocean? Imagine a ship like that, but it can fly beyond the boundaries of the sky.

[trifocal]

[ she's picturing it... ]

Amazing...! To imagine the view one could have from such a place, looking down on the entire world...

[fried]

Would that I could show you. It is beautiful.

Unfortunately I'm not much of an artist, or I'd draw it.

[trifocal]

A shame. I shall have to rely on my imagination.

What do you do when you visit these other worlds? Is there a particular purpose for your travels?