"Friends?" She shook her head. "Ah... well having friends is good."

He looks at her experience looks like that is foreign to her. "I'm sorry, I feel like my experiences pale in comparison to what you have been through."

"Me... not really... I... well... I have live a tough life. Parents always traveling leaving me alone... not really knowing any better. Not quite right...."She shook her head, then sipped her wine. "Not quite easy."

"Hum, it sounds like you have led a sad life, Moshi-san. I hope things will be better now. You really seem like a wonderful person." He says it genuinely to her.

"It is better now... I... I... I have learned how to cope." She smiled. "This experience here has broaden my expectations and let me open up."

"Yeah, once I that though the shock of being assigned here, it's been a good experience so far. And, I been to ride a motorcycle again. I need to do that as much as I can on this trip." He is thinking about the ride a few days ago. "So, what fun have you been up to here?"

"I have been to the library, read some books, shared a book with a Crab, read some more books. Went to the dojo and practiced my jiujutsu..." She lowered her head. "Defied orders.. and try to go to the arcade..." The girl shrank."I knew... i shouldn't have but... I just wanted to have fun..."

"What? What orders? I like gaming too. Seriously, orders?" He ponders what orders she was talking about. "Hum, I need to go to the dojo practice my Iaijutsu."

"Anooo...Medic's orders from Starnest... I have epilepsy." She lowered he head. "I just wanted a plushie and know why people thought it was fun..."

"Ah, ok. Well, its nothing to be ashamed of or let it bring you down. Maybe I can win you a plushie. Or find a game that won't potentially trigger a seizure." He feel compassionate to her.

"I should take more care of myself." She looked up and smiled, she took a rice ball and gave it a ginger bite. As the band finished their song the Moshi clapped. "I hope they play another one."

"Yes, you should do that, Moshi-san. The band are pretty good." He sipped his wine again.

She smiled. "Hai!... Any plans after the miai?f

Ruhe noticed that Shion and him are getting attention. After all the rice-husking, the musical struggle of the Raid of the Rice Thieves ensued, with variegated bars to texture the richness and unpredictability, a sharp pattern in superficially chaotic back and forth.

"Well, I would think I will to redeployed after this soon, but I don't know what timing will be. Why do you ask?"

"Curiosity... I think I'll continue my studies... I find it very interesting the way the mind works."

"Ah, well, I come from a long line of Daidoji Iron Warriors. The family didn't like my choice of training in driving in combat, but I have enjoyed it."

"Perhaps they will station you somewhere you can do your driving will relevant." She smiled.

He smiles. "Yes, I hope so. What are your plans after the miai?"

"Well... probably will go back to Dawn... still have some training to do ther... Starnest... medics might want to check up on me."