“[color=green]Ah, a homebody,[/color]” Safie said. “[color=green]Deelie’s like that, too. She’d wear her PJ’s in the cockpit if they’d let her.[/color]”

“[color=skyblue]It’s nice to meet you too,[/color]” Dahlia said, pointedly ignoring Safie’s comment. She smiled, relieved that Quinn recognizing her hadn’t devolved into an impromptu fan meeting. The thought made her feel ungrateful but…it was what it was. She preferred the quiet to the interviews and concerts. Lucis and Safie could have those.

“[color=FFE63D]You said you were a pilot too, right Safie? Is Besca one also?[/color]”

Safie shook her head. “[color=green]Nah. Besca, like—well she does a bunch of stuff, but mainly she just looks after us.[/color]”

“[color=skyblue]She’s like our manager. Takes care of the schedule, monitors the missions. If we have a problem we talk to her, which is totally fine with me cause I don’t really like dealing with administration.[/color]

“[color=green]Yeah she’s great! When I first joined, and I wanted to have [i]Jubilee[/i] painted, it was like feeding paperwork into a shredder until I talked to her about it,[/color]” Safie said. “[color=green]I mean, it was kinda a dumb ask anyway—do you know how much paint it’d take to cover a whole Savior? And if it gets damaged, like, the paint doesn’t grow back so you’d just have to recoat it and—like I said, dumb idea. But she managed to talk them into some designs on the face! Those lines and stuff aren’t natural, that’s all me baby![/color]”

“[color=skyblue]Still waiting on your ideas for Dragon by the way,[/color]” Dahlia teased. Her attention shifted down to Quinn, good mood wilting a bit when she saw what looked like genuine fear in the girl’s eyes. “[color=skyblue]Wh—oh! Oh, no, of course! Safie was just joking around, it’s totally fine![/color]”

She hopped down from the railing and fetched another pouch from the cooler, sliding across the deck to her. “[color=skyblue]I’m surprised you haven’t tried it! They make it right in town. Used to be seasonal but it got so popular people buy it year ‘round now. I always take a box or two back with me when I visit.[/color]”

“[color=green]Some of which goes in the fridge, some of which gets stashed under her bed.[/color]”

“[color=skyblue]Safie![/color]”

More unfettered laughter from the older pilot as she pulled her feet out of the water. “[color=green]No, it’s cute! I used to hide snacks in my hoodies when I went off to sim camps. You do what you gotta do.[/color]” She picked up one of the poles from the railing. “[color=green]Hey Quinn! You wanna try fishing? It’s [i]super[/i] easy. You just reel back, and then when you flick forward you press this lil’ button here to release the line.[/color]”