Oh, you're still experimenting? [ She's probably gotten to taste-test one or two of those end products, leading to the Liechi suggestion. That berry has always reminded her of Leechi nuts, just because of the similar name. ] I picked a good time to come home, then.
[ When they'd first settled into Saffron, Ikki probably hadn't realized the thought that had gone into picking the city; a place that had certain comforts for each of them, while never being quite what their original homes were, because such things didn't exist in any of the regions so far as Ikki had seen. One of the bigger cities - and Masaomi always had preferred those, hadn't he? Ikki herself enjoyed the busy nature of Saffron - and yet there was a sort of spiritual feel to the gym and the psychics around the place.
She'd realized it later, though.
For the moment, Ikki bites her lip and gets a certain look on her face; the exact determined/anxious blend she'd gotten before bringing up nurse training last year. ] Do you have a second before they're done? I wanted to talk to you about something.
10 years
[ When they'd first settled into Saffron, Ikki probably hadn't realized the thought that had gone into picking the city; a place that had certain comforts for each of them, while never being quite what their original homes were, because such things didn't exist in any of the regions so far as Ikki had seen. One of the bigger cities - and Masaomi always had preferred those, hadn't he? Ikki herself enjoyed the busy nature of Saffron - and yet there was a sort of spiritual feel to the gym and the psychics around the place.
She'd realized it later, though.
For the moment, Ikki bites her lip and gets a certain look on her face; the exact determined/anxious blend she'd gotten before bringing up nurse training last year. ] Do you have a second before they're done? I wanted to talk to you about something.