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[Sielje's cell is littered with books. Books that she was reading - because she made a promise to. And in the middle of it all, the knight standing stoically while pondering her available moves, another book in hand.]
Trapped in enemy territory, sworn not to cause trouble to my own captors as is required of a honorable prisoner... what may I do?
Earth is even more dangerous and tumultuous as a place than Ankaia. The planet has been ravaged by wars and invaders, even invaders out of this world.
I... I wish to see. It is too much to ask of a prisoner, but I wish to see how the ordinary people of Earth manage to exist. I find it impossible to believe that they can eke out a living with a constant threat of demise over their heads.
[She closes the book. It's written in ancient Greek. As a matter of fact, the books around the cell are written in all kinds of languages, presently used or classical.]
[2]
Hmm.
Hmm...
[The vending machine outside Sielje's cell roused her curiosity for a while now. As soon as she had a chance, she went out to pick up a few items it had available -probably certainly with assistance of others who needed to explain how it worked.
And now it's time to further inspect her rewards.]
This is Earth food, is it not? How do you... open yourself! Aah!
[She rips a bag of chips open, scattering most of them on the floor to her own surprise. Sielje pretends not to be embarassed about it at all.]
Such difficulty...
[She mutters while picking up a canned drink, then immediately puts it back down. Too hard to open - and the knight does not seem too impressed with the chips' taste upon carefully eating one.
Lastly, here comes the chocolate bar. The wrapping is easy enough for even someone like Sielje to remove on a second try. As for the taste...]
...!
It is sweet! How is it possible? How did they make the flavor so sweet?
[Sielje's cell is littered with books. Books that she was reading - because she made a promise to. And in the middle of it all, the knight standing stoically while pondering her available moves, another book in hand.]
Trapped in enemy territory, sworn not to cause trouble to my own captors as is required of a honorable prisoner... what may I do?
Earth is even more dangerous and tumultuous as a place than Ankaia. The planet has been ravaged by wars and invaders, even invaders out of this world.
I... I wish to see. It is too much to ask of a prisoner, but I wish to see how the ordinary people of Earth manage to exist. I find it impossible to believe that they can eke out a living with a constant threat of demise over their heads.
[She closes the book. It's written in ancient Greek. As a matter of fact, the books around the cell are written in all kinds of languages, presently used or classical.]
[2]
Hmm.
Hmm...
[The vending machine outside Sielje's cell roused her curiosity for a while now. As soon as she had a chance, she went out to pick up a few items it had available -
And now it's time to further inspect her rewards.]
This is Earth food, is it not? How do you... open yourself! Aah!
[She rips a bag of chips open, scattering most of them on the floor to her own surprise. Sielje pretends not to be embarassed about it at all.]
Such difficulty...
[She mutters while picking up a canned drink, then immediately puts it back down. Too hard to open - and the knight does not seem too impressed with the chips' taste upon carefully eating one.
Lastly, here comes the chocolate bar. The wrapping is easy enough for even someone like Sielje to remove on a second try. As for the taste...]
...!
It is sweet! How is it possible? How did they make the flavor so sweet?
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Hmm.
[Sielje fiddles with the top of the can.]
Ah.
[A moment of pause.]
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Just a second, I'm getting some stuff myself.
[And with that she begins to walk over to the vending machine herself.]
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[Indeed, the ring came off the can. And as Kei goes off to the vending machine, behind her back she can hear a frustrated grunt and then...]
Aaah?!
[The sound of pressurized liquid spraying out.]
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I should have told you not to shake it.
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Like this.
[She moves to open her own soda, moving more slowly to let the self-proclaimed knight see how it was done.]
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...
[She nods but says nothing, her pride hurt by a can.]
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She sniffs the drink inside carefully.]
This one does not seem trapped.
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[With the can opened, Kei finally takes a sip from her own soda.]
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[Sielje takes a suspicious sip.]
...
It is sweet! How did they make it so sweet?
[Here we go again.]
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And the sweetness is also sugar.
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[Clinging to it to the end!]
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[Sielje is already making plans to smuggle large quantities of sugar to Ankaia. As soon as she learns what form it takes.]
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