Cocoa nods and keeps driving. 

"I've never seen Indiana Jones."

"I'm not a huge fan either, honestly. You just kind of absorb quotes through osmosis, sometimes. I guess seeing popular movies would help at least a bit with the feeling connected to mortals thing, though..."

"My sect was pretty insular. Anything I should really see or do?"

"I'm not thinking of anything that super stands out off the top of my head? Depends on your goal, I guess. Or your hobbies. It's not like human culture is one huge monolith, and just seeing movies or reading books might not actually do much other than help you get references... Learn to drive? Do you know how to use a computer?"

"I know how to use a computer, I haven't been that under a rock. But yeah, learning to drive would probably be good."

"Not in the city. City driving is terrible. Computer literacy, driving, and I guess what I'd consider basic life skills for a modern adult - dealing with taxes and bank accounts... I don't know. I want to suggest like, going through secondary education but that's super context dependent and also sucks, experiencing a day in the life of a retail worker, but there's lots of people who aren't retail workers and that's kind of a specific role in society. Plus it's not very fun compared to movies. Grocery shopping and cooking dinner is more universal but uh- Not sure exactly how big the rock you were under was."

"Groceries and cooking are something I'm definitely still learning, that was all handled by staff in the sect. Retail work could be worth it for the experience. I try not to be a dick to staff but I've never been on the other side of things. Battle Queen Body helps with retention a lot so university would probably be less difficult for me than for a lot of people, and of course funds aren't an object. Might be worth looking into if I can spare the time."

"There's also divide between low income and high income. I feel like that's almost as much a case of separate worlds as closed cultivation. Rich kids don't cook for themselves either. And city versus country, young versus old... So the things I'm coming up with are..." She shrugs. "Just ideas, I guess."

"They're good ideas! Thanks for trying."

"No problem... I'm going to try meditating some more."

"Alright, I'll shut up."

She smiles at Butterfly Dancer, then settles in for more focus practice over the music.

Butterfly Dancer settles in to meditate as well.

Cocoa keeps driving.

Eventually, they well get close to London. Bys falls out of her meditation on some subtle cue and asks if either of them had a choice for the hotel? It might be best to park and walk or take the tube.

"There's almost certainly a known cultivator hotel in London..."

"Yeah, I've been asking through the group and it turns out very conveniently - the local London branch of the Shizou sect runs a cultivator hotel with an Immortal Cuisine restaurant. One blood and qi pill per day per person, immortal food charged separately. Senior Starlight says the added security is worth the cost."

"Trys, since you can pay for your stay yourself you should pay for your stay yourself. The fee may seem a little steep but what it covers is a full defensive formation array that only we and the Shizou would have the key to, plus the Shizou clan's oath of hospitality and of reprisal should we be attacked in their hotel. Between those three things, it gives us reasonably safe neutral ground in London; there's likely to be a Shizou senior - not one of their best, those are in China, but an Inborn or Spirit Sovereign - assigned to enforcement."

A thousand pounds for a hotel stay is still a lot but it's not as ridiculous-feeling as the cost for Turtle Breathing was. Still, she's... A bit thrown off by all the casual material wealth. Still not used to it.

"-Right. A small price to pay for safety. I can pay for my stay at least. It feels like I'm going to keep thinking in thrifty ways for a while, but I know eventually I'll probably start getting used to it, for better or worse, actually."

"It's proper for you to think thriftily; at low rank every little advantage you can get matters a lot more."

The suburbs of London go by out the window. 

"Should be only another fifteen minutes or so to the hotel. Any final questions?"

"Anyone I might offend by not recognizing in time? Since... I won't recognize anyone but you two."

"No, that's our job as your seniors. Just don't go wandering off by yourself."

Nodnodnod.