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[undergrunn]

( Behold, a new voice on the crystals. Soft, good-humoured, with an accent that sounds Scandinavian / relative equivalent. The crystal catches a quiet breath of laughter before she speaks. )

I don’t know if you’re really lucky to have an engineer turn up, or if I’m really unlucky that I need to figure out the machinery.

I mean, learning about the infrastructure of a city in a whole different world isn’t even a “once in a lifetime” kind of opportunity, and pretending I’m some sort of genius at kinetic motion just because I know some mechanisms from home would be pretty fun, but…

Wow.

( Maybe that sounds a little weightier than her first "wow.")

Oh, I'm Abella. Riftwatch, you’re gonna have to have a lot more ramps by the time I’m done with you. Somewhere has to accommodate wheelchair users, even if it’s some kind of fairy tale world.

( Hmmm. )

Wait, can you just make them float, here? (More softly, ) Flying wheelchairs would explain the lack of ramps. I mean, this crystal thing is remarkable, so... let me know if I don't need to think about the ramps.

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[brennvin]

( Another laugh, a little sheepish this time, )

Oh. Different. Very different. Life with Riftwatch is not the same as back in the hold. I mean, I do still go out on hunting trips sometimes because supplies are so scarce and meat is kind of expensive at market, but it’s not like that is my main responsibility with Riftwatch? I was mainly a hunter, before, but now I’m with Scouting. We, um, do a variety of things.

( She’s rambling too now, she realises. )

Maps, surveillance, information-gathering, that sort of thing, plus the regular scouting.

[undergrunn]

( A variety of things. It's not a stretch to think surveillance would be the home of subterfuge and spywork. She wonders if that might be something-else she and Astrid have in common.

Well, to be fair, Astrid did say outright that she was information gathering alongside "regular scouting."

Abella hums thoughtfully. ) Have you had to infiltrate enemy lines?

[brennvin]

( Fidgety. If it’s possible to sound fidgety over the crystal. )

Not… yet, although I expect it’s only a matter of time. Why?

[undergrunn]

Oh.

( She hadn't... prepared a response for this. )

Just curious, really. Subterfuge, spy things. They sound so exciting.

( nailed it )

[brennvin]

( Brightly: ) That mean you’re going to join me over in Scouting?

You do sound like one of the Research nerds though.

[undergrunn]

Nerds? Really?

( She huffs out a laugh. )

For now I'm in Forces. It seemed like the most relevant division for building, and the like. I wasn't able to join the military at home, so it felt... like making up for it, I suppose, even though we're all fighting the war regardless of division.