2nd Floor Common Room -- Monday Early Evening

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Hinata had figured that even if Warren was more than pleasant about dealing with Yei, that it was only good manners to remove herself (and her cat) from the room at intervals just so he could spend longer than kitten could nap without Yei attempting to stalk and play with his feathers.

Yei was a bit sulky about this move it had to be admitted. She liked the feathers.

At least, until Hinata rolled a brightly coloured ball with bells in it across the floor of the common room and all thoughts of feathers disappeared from Yei’s head as things quickly reoriented themselves, in Yei's view of the world, to ‘Omigod it's moving--moving. My ball! After it! Miiine! HI BALL!’. And a fuzzy white kitten went stampeding after the ball as if it were the best thing ever.

For her part, Hinata contented herself with a book and keeping an eye on Yei.

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Spock very carefully patted Yei on the head. "Indeed. My homeworld, Vulcan, is a desert planet, very hot and arid. Terran winter has been...problematic."

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Yei purred delightedly. Finally! He'd gotten it! Hiiii.

She nodded in understanding. "Have you shopped for the p-proper clothing? It makes a large difference in dealing with the cold."

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Every time Spock had to go outside he bundled up like he was attempting an Arctic expedition. Also, "My mother sends me sweaters."

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That was adorable.

"That's lovely," she said, smiling at that. "I'm glad you seem to be managing even if it is a large ch-change. The snow is stranger for me than the cold. It rains more often than snows in my country."

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Rain was weirdness too. "On Vulcan, we have more sandstorms than any other type of meteorological activity."

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She shivered at that.

"Doesn't that make travel difficult?" Hinata asked. "I'd imagine you can't go anywhere in a storm like that."

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"It is all a matter of what you are accustomed to," Spock argued. "Vulcans have always known sandstorms, so traveling in them is quite common. Whereas on the exceedingly rare occasions it rains, everyone stays home." And if it ever snowed, who knew what would happen? "Additionally, our technology is significantly more advanced than Earth's in this era, which helps in many aspects of life."

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Hinata would never say 'so you're a Vulcan?' even as she thought it.

Instead she filed that tidbit of information away.

"I'm sure technology being advanced further helps," she conceded gracefully. "My home w-world is rather behind this time's development."

Sort of. It was like Feudal Japan with televisions and telephones.

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Spock considered this. "Then travel would be considerably more hampered by the weather, I believe."

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Hinata grinned slightly.

"We've come up with a few ways to handle it," she answered. "But I think so--we d-don't have cars or anything at all."

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"The advent of the automobile did make travel considerably easier on this planet," Spock agreed.

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"But caused a great deal more pollution." Hinata made a face at that. "It's a bit of a trade off th-there."