Second Floor Common Room, Tuesday Afternoon

[endsthegame]

Ender didn't get out much, and for the most part, he preferred life that way.

But he could only spend so much time holed up with the droid and his work without Valentine's voice prodding at him; and while that was rarely enough to actually move him to do something-- listening to an imagined voice was a little silly-- he felt like humouring it today.

So Ender made himself some tea, and sat down. He even turned on the television, seeking out a documentary on extreme engineering that looked interesting.

He blamed Stark.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Interesting choice," Triela commented after pausing for a moment to see what he was watching. "This is your idea of fun, huh?"s

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"I like to learn," Ender replied, lifting up his tea. "That's fun."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I suppose that makes sense," Triela decided.

She shrugged. "So how was your weekend after the dance was over?"

[endsthegame]

"Quiet," he said, "The way I like it. I don't think anyone made me dance, either."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Congratulations," Triela laughed. "I guess we both got lucky, huh?"

[endsthegame]

"That," Ender said, without any real sense of arrogance, "Or we just happen to be good at avoiding these kind of things." He sipped his tea.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's possible that we have experience with avoiding things we don't have time to deal with," she agreed. Triela didn't have any tea to sip, unfortunately.

[endsthegame]

If she wanted it, it was always there to make. Ender didn't run errands. "Technically, we had time for dancing," he said, reasonably, "We just lack the inclination."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Triela countered casually. "It's harder to watch people when you're dancing." And she had gotten quite a bit of people watching done.

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"If that's all you're doing all night," he said, then looked up at her. "Of course, dancing might give you a different perspective." Not that he thought it was worth trying.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Sure," she said with the tone that said she didn't think it was worth trying either.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Hi." Robin greeted Triela. "Have we met yet? It's hard to keep track."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I don't think so," Triela answered after only the slightest pause when she realized he was a frog. "I'm Triela."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Pleased to meet you Triela, I'm Robin. Where are you from?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Rome. Italy." She eyed him curiously, "And you?"

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"The Florida Everglades." he said proudly. "Do you speak Italian?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

She nodded in confirmation. "And German and French."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"I only speak English. Well, and frog and dog. Was it hard to learn English?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Not especially," Triela shook her head. "I'm a pretty good student."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"How long have you been in America?"

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Hi Ender." Robin waved. He had a book entitled "Music Video Production For Dummies" tucked under one arm. "Whatcha watching?"

[endsthegame]

"Extreme engineering," Ender said, looking at the little frog. "They're having a marathon right now."

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin liked anything with the word Extreme in the title. "Ooh!" He hopped onto the sofa. "What're they working on?"

[endsthegame]

"I think they're on spacecraft now," Ender said, distractedly. "Mars explorers."

It was a few centuries before his time, yes.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Ooooohhh." Robin breathed in amazement. He watched along with Ender, not quite understanding everything, but it was still rather fascinating.