Lothric smiles tiredly. Where do people find the energy? He didn’t know that Mami was so new. He flinches inwardly a little at the way she frames things; it sounds ‘better’ than his outlook, when she words it like that, and he feels an impulse to justify his reasoning. But he’s not going to start an argument about the true meaning of captivity at 8 pm in a shopping mall with someone who’s recently been separated from all of her friends forever. He’s going to have to talk about captivity with a lot of people, as this charity takes off. Perhaps he needs a blander, more factual story to hold alongside his personal one. It’s certainly not how he would have worded things if he knew what kind of raw, immediate loss Mami was dealing with.
“The fault is mine,” he says pleasantly, matching her energy. “I ventured into these conversational waters, regarding escape. You must forgive me, I did not know your experience of being brought here was so recent. I hope I have not upset you unduly. I am Lothric, my brother is Lorian. We would be glad to have your help. Our ‘web-site’ is already active, it should have the address of our office, and more information about our purpose…”
He looks back to Lorian, who’s already finding it on their phone. Lorian soon hands the phone to Lothric, who shows Mami.
“Bounty of Light,” he says, with satisfaction. “In Archimedes, near the Spirale Hole.” One of these days they’ll have business cards… so much to do, and somehow he already feels behind on all of it. “Should I text you the website?” he asks.
“Oh no, no; no need to apologize---Lothric? I’m Mami---Tomoe Mami. A pleasure. And, ah... Lorian? Thank you, thank you---”
She’s already turned between the two brothers and accepted the phone passed on from Lorian to Lothric to her, tucking the two coats she was still holding into the crook of one of her arms.
Brothers, huh? Mami would be lying if she said she had never wished for a sibling like that... And especially one so tall! It would help her for reaching up to pantries.
Scrolling through the website with one finger moving up on the phone’s screen as she gives it all a fairly thorough, but still speedy look-through, she nods her head along to what she’s able to catch of it.
“...Mmm, yes, yes. I’m familiar with the names of those two locations already, so that’s good.”
Extending the phone back out towards Lothric, she would look on at him with her now seemingly ever-present smile, after the one slip-up that had come from what she had said prior.
“I think I got the gist of it, but I wouldn’t mind a link to it anyways, just so I can review. I truly love the sound of it---Bounty of Light---and I think what you’re doing here is something that’s very much needed. In fact, I’m surprised no one else has thought of it yet before!”
She truly had no idea of how long people have been here for (Lothric and Lorian included), with it being something she hadn’t really thought too hard about, but, if she ever did find out, she would be even more shocked---and impressed.
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