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Who: Katsumori and visitors
When: After Cafeteria Announcement
Where: Katsumori dorms
What: info piling and things
Warnings:

[well, there have been yet more crimes committed...]

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[she nods!]

I did.

That's a business that thrives on networking.

[. . . based on own his experience!]

Do you operate independently, or. . . ?

[thoughtful for a moment]

Let me use an example. Recently, a situation arose where a particular mountain pass was more frozen than normal at a certain point in the year. A caravan holding important supplies was fairly adamant that they couldn't make it through until the road thawed slightly. My role there was more to either assist in finding an alternate route, or ensure that those in charge of transporting the supplies understood the consequences of their failure. I wouldn't consider it teamwork to tell people what's going to happen.

[. . . understood the consequences of their failure. . . . . . . . . .]

That. . . sounds vaguely threatening, actually??

Does it...?

Just a bit!

[a weak little laugh]

But I suppose that depends on what the consequences really were. . .

Well, it was typically grain or other foods, so starvation is the most pressing...

[ah]

Not the kind of consequences I was thinking about, then. But still an important one to keep in mind.

What consequences were you imagining...?

Something a little more. . .

[a beat]

[drags his thumb across his neck in the universal gesture for YOU KNOW WHAT]

[pauses and then actually laughs a little]

What impression do you have of me, exactly...?

[oh thank god she is laughing]

Not a bad one, I promise! Your phrasing just threw me for a loop. . .

Well, I assure you I have no intention of...

[pauses for a blink and you'll miss it moment and winces]

Of - causing harm. So you needn't worry.

[. . . eh?]

[. . .]

I'm not worried.

[that's honest; he does not think she is a danger to anyone in the school]

[aaaand back to normal!!]

Good to hear.

[hm. . . quietly tucking this interaction away for later]

I think I may have focused on the wrong part of what you said, though. If you helped them find alternate routes to their destination, then you must have been pretty familiar with the terrain?

Yes. Why do you ask?

[a li'l smile]

There's no specific reason. I guess I'm imagining you camping out a lot?

[nodnods!]

I'm not really much of an outdoor person myself, so it's a little impressive.

Didn't you tell me you've traveled extensively...?

I did. Do! I do.

But I think the way I travel is different from the way you do.

Is it did or do...?

[curious, though]

How do you travel?

By airplane. Do you have-- [airplanes, he almost says, before backtracking because he isn't sure airplanes have been invented for her] -- sky travel back where you're from?

Sky travel...? No, I'm not sure what you're referring to.

Back where I come from, we have a machine called an airplane. It flies through the sky and crosses long distances in a fraction of the time it takes on foot, or by. . . caravan?

[nodnods!]

So I usually hop on one of those. . . and then grab a hotel-- or a hostel-- wherever I'm staying. So for the most part, I'm indoors.

[versus being outdoors, which! sounds like her travel situation?]

How fascinating... How does it move with nothing to pull or push it?

[nodding, though]

Like an inn... So you worked while you were abroad?