I mean— there's a lot of things to do there, so...not really. I don't, like... [ Riley half-shrugs, and her remaining wing shifts with her shoulder. ] I always have a purpose for going, if there's a play or...a place or something. My friend took me, to try and relax.

[ She hesitates, for a moment. It'd been awhile since she'd been to New York City, even before Ryslig, because it was linked with Cairo. It's hard to say that it could never stop being special, because of that. Even when it hadn't felt that way in the moment because she was too focused or too stressed to see beyond herself, in retrospect...

Almost abruptly: ]

And, um- Italy, where in Italy are you from?