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--t's this thing, anyway? [There's a soaking wet kid dripping onto the screen, when it turns on.] Some sort of magical object? Haha, that'd be pretty interesting. [He wipes it off with a wet sleeve, making the screen...wetter. A laugh.] Guess I should figure out where I am first, anyway.

[And with that, he pockets the communicator; viewers may hear him saying "Hey. Hey, excuse me," to random strangers, as he didn't bother to turn the thing off.]

[[Feel free to be the random strangers! He's bothering people around the fountain area.]]

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Fenrir.

[...Well, that's probably not all that helpful.]

It's a motorcycle.

Never heard of a motorcycle! Is it like a horse with wheels or something?

[Just gonna be cheerfully grinning at the thing. It's like if you somehow combined the cart with the horse and...made it metal or something? He's curious.]

[...Oh, right, different worlds.]

More like a cross between a car and a bike.

[...Just gonna keep smiling.]

Don't know cars and bikes either! It moves though, right? Does it move by itself?

[Oh man, how to even begin to explain this.]

If you've got fuel. Cars and motorcycles burn fuel, sort of like how you've gotta feed a horse if you want it to carry you. Only they're not alive. You just burn the fuel to give them the energy to move.

[Looking up to gauge whether or not that was coherent.]

Wow, really? That sounds pretty simple, when you put it that way. So it really is like a horse with wheels!

[He'd guessed it could move just from its name, but the confirmation is interesting.]

So Fenrir's its name, is it?

Yeah. People who spend a lot of time on them usually name their bikes.

I see, I see! Maybe I could try getting a bike of my own someday. Though they don't sell them anywhere I've been before, so I suppose I'd get some weird looks if I brought one home with me, haha.

[Adjusting his goggles.]

Where's your home?

Lotto Valentino! Just moved there this year.

Doesn't ring a bell.

Really? It's a port town in Italy.

Neither does that. [Ring a bell, that is.]

...I guess that means I'm not in Italy anymore! [He laughs, as if that's funny.]

[...Wait.] You just got here?

That's right, I did. [...Oh yeah.] Speaking of which, where are we, anyway?

[Oh, great. He's taking off his goggles, and if you look close you might notice his eyes glow faintly.]

This is the City. Far as I can tell, there's no way out. You and me and most of the other people around here were brought here from somewhere else. Different worlds. My planet's called Gaia.

[He might take notice of those eyes, but let's concentrate on more important things, shall we?]

So you're from another world entirely? That's amazing! The City's kind of a boring name for a place though, don't you think? I like Gaia though! I'm from Earth, myself.

Earth, huh? You'll have a lot of company, then.

Are there a lot of people from Earth around here?

Most of the ones I've met.

That's a pretty big coincidence! There must be people from Gaia around here too somewhere, considering the size of this city.

Haven't found any so far, but I've only been here a couple of days. [His tone says he's been trying.]

Well, I'll keep my eye out too. If there's two of us looking, and if they're looking too, it'll be easier to find them. [He sounds strangely confident for a boy who's never seen a Gaian before today.]

[There's a hint of surprise on his face, but he's brushing it off a second later. Shouldn't surprise him so much for strangers to be helpful.]

Sounds good. If you find any, tell them Cloud's looking for them. [He figures that as good an introduction as any.]

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