[b]November 3rd, 2019
10:46 AM, PT
Corsica Street, Coast City[/b]

[hr][center][h3][color=#22ff00][u]Echo[/u][/color][/h3][/center]

He could definitely sympathize with her plight, his own parents had been mocked for their studies harshly before their success, and though he hadn’t cared for their work either they were still his parents, and they had been right after all. That was before he- well, it was before he came to Earth. Their work was important to him now, better late than never right? And hey, maybe if this human girl was any good she could help him, since they knew each other now and frequented the same areas he’d have every opportunity to decide. He gave an absentminded nod, mostly to himself as he silently resolved to do whatever it took, even if he had to ask a human for help; he’d get used to their funny sciences eventually.

He slowed as they began to reach the stairs up to the station, letting her finish speaking and making a split second decision to share his number: “Always good to get off early,” he agreed lightly, remembering he had technically gotten out early given Farha had come in early. Usually he got off at eleven, but his coworker’s timely rescuing him from the terror known as children was a momentous occasion deserving reward, maybe he should get her a gift? He finished writing down his number and handed the shred of paper he’d pulled from his backpack over to the girl. “This is me,” he explained, jerking his thumb behind him to indicate the steps. “I’ll see you around, and you can text me about your classes or whatever?” It’d be good to get an idea of what kind of stuff she was studying- [i]or just to talk[/i], he reminded himself, that was the whole idea, to stop hiding from the aliens- locals, whatever.