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[genitrix]

I'm seeing a lo+t o+f utilitarian co+nversatio+n go+ing o+n.

Who+'s go+t so+me juicy go+ssip?

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[genitrix]

Silly rumo+rs and the such.
Go+ssip gets a bad rap, but my intents aren't so+ much malicio+us as interested.

[smallskull]

You want to gather intelligence?

[Assassin mulls this over for a second.]

I don't know if any of the information I have is interesting.

[The person whose movements she has been monitoring isn't very exciting, even if the "game" aspect makes it fun.]

[genitrix]

Intelligence?

[That makes it sound far more serious...]

It depends o+n what kind, I suppo+se.

[smallskull]

Mm-hm! [She nods.] What kind of gossip is interesting?

[genitrix]

I'm interested in silly tidbits. Like I said, rumo+rs, mainly.
Who+'s do+ing what...o+r who+m.

[smallskull]

"Whom"?

[Porrim she's a kid... Kind of.]

[genitrix]

Ah,
Never mind.

[smallskull]

[She tilts her head.]

I don't get it...

[genitrix]

Fo+rget abo+ut it. No+t impo+rtant.

[smallskull]

[...]

If you say so. [She can just ask Kirei later.] What were you going to do with the information?

[genitrix]

No+thing at all. I'm just interested in hearing abo+ut o+ther peo+ple. The human experience in particular is fo+reign to+ me.

[smallskull]

[Well, she supposes she can understand most of that, but— "Foreign?" That interests her.]

Really? Why's that?

[genitrix]

I'm an alien. Humans are quite different fro+m my kind.

[smallskull]

[...Gasp!]

An alien?

[genitrix]

Yep. Fro+m a different planet and everything.

[smallskull]

Oh...! I've never seen an alien before. Can I see you?

[genitrix]

[She switches over to video, revealing a grey-skinned alien girl with blank white eyes, facial piercings galore, black hair, and candy-corn horns atop her head. She's smiling in a way that's friendly, not threatening.]

Ta-da.

[smallskull]

Wow—!

[This is exciting, apparently.]

[genitrix]

[Porrim inclines her head.]

Assuming that's a good 'wow'.

[smallskull]

[She nods, looking earnest.]

This is cool!

[genitrix]

Thanks, then. I think your kind are just as interesting.

[smallskull]

Oh. [That brings her up short for a second, since she doesn't quite qualify as a human anymore.] I guess that makes sense. There are a lot more humans than aliens here, though, I think.

[genitrix]

That's true. I'm very much in a minority here.

[smallskull]

But that means you get to learn a lot, right?

[genitrix]

Exactly. That's a good way of putting it.