[[Hira sits on the couch next to Juni and pets Juni's side]]

Hira: My poor, poor Juni.

Juni: Nf. How long have you been here?

Hira: A while. I requested some dinner. It isn't going to be something weird, is it?

Juni: Mf. To you? Probably.

Juni: So what did you tell them?

Hira: I talked about the trouble you had fitting in as a child.

Hira: How you left for the South, so you could be a scientist.

Hira: And about Tsan and the shrine.

Hira: I tried to explain what both you and Tsan had told me.

Juni: Tried?

Hira: Poor Brin, it was so hard for him to translate for the [Hiero]arbiter. Did you know Hiero has no single word for sparkle?

Juni: Most of them don't have that sense.

Hira: Well, it's no wonder they all seem so disconnected.

Juni: Mm.