“‘Waiting for this her entire life’?” Linda echoed in a sort of ‘you’re joking, right?’ sort of tone. “That’s, um, I mean… ok.” she sort of let the thought fizzle away, not wanting to insult anyone, but she just couldn’t get over how weird it was that someone would wait their whole life for an alien to show up and whisk them away to a life of adventure. She just couldn’t get over how strange that seemed to her. 

Then, Nathaniel spoke up about wanting to learn his way around. “Yeah, that’s what we’re doing, too.” Linda replied. “As of right now, we’re just looking for the kitchen.” she told him. 

The ship then offered directions to get there, which was… interesting. “I kind of wonder just how intelligent the ship is.” Linda whispered to the others after the Connector spoke. “I mean, is it like… [i]sentient[/i]? Or is it just a fancier version of Siri?” she kept her voice down as she asked, not wanting the ship to “hear” her because that seemed like it would be awkward. But, she was still curious. Given everything that had happened, a space ship with a mind of its own didn’t seem too far-fetched. 

The group then made their way to the kitchen and pantry, and the fridge stocked with non-Earth ingredients. At first, Linda was somewhat eager to try something, and she reached in and picked up a sky blue, lemon-shaped fruit (or at least she thought it was a fruit, though she wasn’t completely sure) from the fridge. Looking down at it in her hands, though, she started to have second thoughts. “Do I… do I even eat the skin on this…?” she asked unsurely, not knowing whether the skin was edible or if she was supposed to peel it off. [i]Plus, what if it’s like… super spicey or something? Oh well, I guess we’ll find out…[/i] she then shrugged, and decided to try biting into it. The skin was tough, but apparently her teeth had still managed to bite through the surface because an intense sugary taste started to pour into her mouth. “Augh!” Linda exclaimed, not expecting such a strong flavor as she pulled her mouth away to reveal a thick, pastel-blue liquid starting to ooze out of the holes in the skin. “Wow that’s… that’s strong.” she commented, before trying to lick some of the ooze off the surface. She shuddered a bit at her second mouthful. “Wow, that’s like, [i]really[/i] strong.” she continued, smacking her mouth a bit as she tried to dilute the almost unbearably intense flavor. “Like… super super sweet.” she told them. “Not sure if it’s supposed to be eaten raw.”