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[AND BAM! Suddenly there is a picture of a decapitated robot head filling your screen. You're welcome, Tu Shanshu.

The photo is pulled away then, revealing Leo sitting in his suite filled with metals and sketches and other materials of the mechanic variety just scattered everywhere and in every direction, and he's looking more than a little excited at his discovery.]

So! Robot head. I found one in the ruins. [He also went through pretty disturbing death and dreaming hallucinations while he was in Sinbrilee, but the only hint that he's still shaken about it is the brief pause before he speaks again.] If no one owns it, I'm taking it. Finders keepers, blah blah. If you're the owner of this super cool robot head, you have 24 hours to get back there and take it. And your time staaarts... now!

[Click! And the feed is gone.]

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You could be playing a trick on me.

[It was a weak suggestion, and even her tone implied that wasn't what she thought he would be doing. But, considering their ages, it was a far more likely scenario to her than him wanting her attention for whatever reason. She was a kid. What could she possibly have that he'd want? ~~Aside from vague knowledge of mobile suits~~]

It's just...this is like all these people I've been meeting with...powers.

We don't have any of this back home. At all. It seems so unreal.

Well, we don't have giant robot heads with completely functional joints to accurately reflect various human expressions just chilling underneath the ocean, so that makes two of us.

But, I mean, you're kind of living on the back of a giant turtle now, so that's got to disorient your sense of reality a little bit, right? [encouraging smile!]

Ever since I got here.

[She doesn't smile back. But she's not really frowning in confusion anymore, either. Improvement?]

Nothing makes sense anymore.

Well, in times like these it's easier to just go with the flow. So go with the flow... [ZEN HANDS...]

[You are a strange, strange individual.]

[...this time, it even earns an almost-smile out of her.]

Maybe if I can figure out which way I'm supposed to be flowing.

[Almost-smile is a good thing! He grins widely at that.]

Hey, I don't know either, but then again I think I'm a little bit crazy, so I might not be the best source for inspiring life quotes.

We're living on the back of a giant Turtle.

Who is?

[Uh ok, wow, he didn't really expect this but he's really warming up to this little girl. There's something in her expression that reminds him of the times where he can't get a machine to work and he spends hours and hours in his workshop trying to fix it, to understand it. So his smile is a little more gentle now.]

Hey, if it helps, I want stuff to make sense, too. It's easier to know how things work, how to operate them and how to fix them. So like, I totally get where you're coming from.

[Likewise, Midii found Leo to be...curious. Which, for her, was one of the greatest compliments she could honestly give a person. It meant they captured her interest, and she wanted to learn more about them. Even if it involved strange mechanical dragons and hot sauce.]

You do?

[His words sounded too genuine for her not to believe them. She visibly relaxed. Even smiled.]

I...don't like not knowing things. [Which sounded strange coming from a little girl. How much could she actually know at her age?] Puzzles are okay, but I don't want to live inside a giant puzzle.

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