"Oh. We didn't talk much, I mean, we just made out. But, uh, I think it's kind of obvious?"

"Not all of us have your ability to read people, hyung."

"Well, she's clearly lost a partner. Not sure if the partner died or just left her. Shit timing if the latter. And she's compatible with Traceless? The blog guy. Who's apparently around."

"'The blog guy'."

"I'll link you it."

"...'kay. Uh, should she... be... doing stuff? Without a proper partner?"

"She's an adult, we're not in charge of her. Presumably her agent is on top of it all."

"I don't trust agencies. They're sus."

"I could DM Traceless to see if he's on top of it or has any context? If it'll assuage your worries."

"I mean, I guess that's better than nothing, but he's just some guy. And she looks kind of scrungled."

"She looks so scrungled. Maybe we should make use of one of those feedback forms prez mentioned some espers have to check that they're, like, doing okay. At least she should probably get some sleep tonight.

"...but I think she might be from Toronto, and I don't know that I'd be able to rest until I saved Seoul, if Arrakis had shown up there."

"...yeah. Good point."

"I'll see what the vibes are like later today."

"Alright. Thanks, hyung."

Flywheel returns with their food, not looking especially scrungled at the moment. She's got a very spicy beef and a very spicy tofu dish for them to divide between them as they see fit. (She's got a fake meat thing at the same level of spice.)

Oooh nice. They'll split half and half.

"Oh wow you found something actually spicy, I didn't know North America had that," Tae-hwan says. "This is tasty."

Flywheel grins. "There's lots of good spicy food here if you know where to look! People bring their traditions and cuisines with them when they move, it's great." Pause. "I did have to learn learn how to pronounce dish names without a white person accent to get them to take me seriously when I ask for the extra spicy, but I like learning that kind of stuff anyways." (Well. Used to like it. Might like it again someday. who! give a shit!!)  

"Say 'tteokbokki'."

"Tae-hwan..."

"What? We're bonding! Kinetic espers should be friends!"

Flywheel giggles. "It's an important part of teamwork! -say it one more time?" (Sorry I was busy being stupid and am not 100% sure I caught it and don't want to make a fool of myself!)

"'Tteokbokki'."

"Tteokbokki?" Her pronunciation isn't perfect, but it's surprisingly good. (She's always paid a lot of attention to the sounds a language uses, and she did take a few years of Korean.)

"Passable. Seven out of ten."

"He's just teasing you, it was really good."