Only when Besca asked Quinn what she'd done did she realize that she actually had [i]answers.[/i] Quinn had lived with Besca in the Aerie for long enough now that it felt a bit strange to tell her secondhand all these miles and miles away; but like so many things she'd discovered since that day, [i]strange[/i] was not necessarily [i]bad.[/i] 

"[color=ffe63d]Well, uh, yeah, I went to eat with Cyril...uh...Derisa, I think his name was? One of the new pilots—well, first I met him and his sister, they have an obstacle course that must be half a mile long and I couldn't even make it past the first obstacle, haha. He took me out too a really fancy place called...[/color]" Oh, what was it? "[color=ffe63d]...called, um, Lumière something?[/color]" She pushed back against the bed and popped back up to a sitting posiiton, shaking her head to get her braid settled against her back. "[color=ffe63d]I've never seen anything like it, not even on TV. I couldn't even eat it all, it was just so [i]much,[/i] you know?[/color]"

"[color=ffe63d]The gym here is crazy too, the pilot gym back home could fit in a quarter of it. It's going to take me a long time to get used to it.[/color]"

She paused for a moment, remember how the woman had reacted when they'd left the lift, and what Cyril had told her. Her voice grew a bit more subdued, then, but not unduly so; more [i]thoughtful[/i] than [i]pensive.[/i] "[color=ffe63d]I thought Casoban would hate me. But they seem to like me, it's weird. Like after lunch, when I—[/color]"

She slapped her hand suddenly over her mouth to silence herself, and her eye went wide. She'd almost forgotten! She needed to show Besca! When she dropped the hand away from her face, she was wearing a downright [i]giddy[/i] grin, and even bouncing a little, all thoughts of piloting and international relationships forgotten as she put her phone aside on the cover and bolted up. "[color=ffe63d]Oooh I [i]forgot![/i] I gotta show you something![/color]"

She gave a quick wave and bolted out of the camera's line of sight, and into her closet, where she snatched the dress off the hanger and held it out in front of her, brimming with excitement. Dahlia had called her gorgeous, right? She hoped she hadn't shown Besca the picture yet, she wanted it to be a surprise!

If Besca listened carefully, a few small noises of frustration could be heard as the camera faced the wide cream-colored ceiling. Only a moment later, though, there was the pitter-patter of rapid footsteps, and the phone was grabbed up too quickly for anything to be visible as she jogged a little ways. Eventually, the phone was settled against what seemed to be just beneath a sink in a very fancy-looking bathroom, just a flash of Quinn's hand visible as she slipped out of frame for just a moment, revealing a very posh looking bathroom and a door leading into a room of frankly concerning size.

...The view of which was blocked out a moment later, as Quinn nearly [i]bounced[/i] back into frame, now wearing her brand-new dress. She spun on her feet as the long skirt flared out around her, nearly fell over, and then, facing the camera again, thrust out her arms to the sides and absolutely [i]beamed:[/i]

[i]"[color=ffe63d]Ta-dah![/color]"[/i]