"It's the fifth day of the month of Trust, which is kind of late winter, and the sky turns pink - the sun kind of changes shade a bit, too, to go with it - and a lot of people take the day off to be with loved ones. Especially, you know, romantic partners. Apparently it was a holiday in the old world too - at least relative to the seasons, but who knows how much those are offset."

"Oh, like Valentine's Day maybe?"

"Might be. I didn't look up holidays or anything, but if you recognize it."

"Pink, romance. Hearts and chocolates?"

"Heart-shaped chocolates, sometimes."

"Yeah, that's definitely Valentine's Day. It's not big here but I've heard of it. I think it's more popular in parts of Earth."

"I guess maybe at some point I'll go to Earth and find out whose version is cooler."

"If I were going to Earth for a holiday I'd check out Christmas, they're big on Christmas."

"I haven't heard of that one."

"It's a gift-giving holiday, and also a food holiday, and in the northern hemisphere it's winter then so there's lots of winter theming going on too."

"We have gift-giving holidays but I think Earth has more winter for its winter theming."

"Probably! There's not a lot of winter around here but you can find some up north. I have a friend up there who keeps narwhals."

"Narwhals, huh. What are they like?"

"They're a kind of whale, and the male ones have one long tooth that sticks out of their face really far and looks cool."

"Are they... smart, or good for things, or do they just look cool?"

"They mostly just look cool but she trains some of them to do tricks."

"Huh. That something people can go see?"

"Sure! Her name's Insibica if you want to look her up."

"Thank you. Um, what is the... etiquette for that, when you don't know someone?"

"Oh, she'll have her spirit guide filtering her messages, or you can just find her on the map - if she's on the map it means it's okay to find her - and hang out in the area till she says hi."

"Thank you! Um, I didn't find you off a map, I just saw you around, was that bad?"

"No, that's fine! I came over this way because I was curious about the new island."

"It's pretty cool. I'm partial to the original version, though."

"Oh, what's different? Besides being an island."

"It's ours. We made it, or our ancestors did, by their own sacrifices or by supporting the people who did. Also, it has most of our people and a lot of our stuff, and the magic's there so backups happen sort of automatically - also if we can afford a copy of nearly everything in the world then we can afford forks and I don't think Sing can do that but maybe I'm underestimating it."