[She nods in agreement. They've managed so far, but there was that time Akira wound up in an underground tunnel without the rest of his teammates... that had been pretty panic-inducing.]

So far, the smartwatches have let us keep in touch, but I don't think we should get too comfortable with relying on them. Literally anything could happen.

[She's been surprised time and time again since becoming a member of the Circle, and her tolerance for shenanigans is pretty high, all things considered.]

The first world was El Minha, a desert kingdom. It was just me and Akira then, but we got to help prevent a civil war. The other world we went to was called Struxta— this place that was full of androids. We were the only humans there.