[ They sound so normal. It's striking for Chihiro, if simply because she's so used to everyone sounding more... teenager. There's a different sort of sullen teenagers manage.

It's nice. Not the sullen, but that they feel a little more relatable simply because of it. Chihiro tips her head back, humming in the back of her throat. ]

It's amazing what people are managing to grow here. We're on the bottom of a world filled with more ocean than land. Even growing up on islands, that seems so weird to me.

[ Largely not related, but the idea of always being near the sea in one sense or another is what she's reaching for. ]

Do you like dark or milk chocolate best?