Ah, it was kinda just like... cute pop stuff! [Her cheeks turn a little pink.] I could try, but it's different when you're singing as one person instead of nine. If you mess up it's really obvious, hah!
Hmm... I guess that depends on what you call dance music!
'Cuz we dance to our songs? I mean, our performances are all like-- they're all a song-and-dance thing, choreographed and everything. But I don't know if they're... "dance music"?
[You laughs a little nervously.] It's a little different without music or any of the others, but I'll try! [She takes a breath, trying to think of what song might fit.
Well, as long as they're on the water... she starts to sing.
She's definitely singing it in her native Japanese, but he somehow understands it anyway?] Swaying and shaking, the clock of pearl / is luring the two of us into a dream...
[She sings about half the song before she trails off-- making sure the boat is fully righted and not, you know, going to capsize. Thankfully, other than a little splash of water, the boat is... mostly fine. They're a little dampened.
His applause and praise means that her cheeks are actually pretty red when it's all said and done.] Oh, uh, it sounds a lot better with all the music and stuff, I promise!
I don't have any solo songs, so I kinda had to sing everyone's parts there...
No, not on me, sorry! [Actually. That makes her think.]
D'you think that's something the orbiters might have? I mean, it's so small and random I don't know why they'd have saved it, but... they've got a lot of random stuff, it sounds like.
Oh, okay. [It's a little odd, so many military people.] It's just that, uh, I think she specializes in that, too. So if you ever wanted to make, um, a professional... acquaintance? [Do soldiers have those?]
I barely know the first thing about being in a fight, honestly. Uh, our country isn't allowed to have any army except for self-defense, so it's kind of like... the opposite of that.
Well, I wouldn't mind making a friend. Almost all of the humans that I knew back home were professional military too.
[ so... this is actually kinda a new experience for him. ]
You're not alone in that. Some of the other species in the galaxy don't have that big of a military presence either. Some don't even need it, since they have us.
[ sure, the turians can be a little... extreme at times, but they mean well... mostly. ]
China and Japan... those are nations for you guys? In the time I come from, nations aren't quite as important. It's the System Alliance that's the big thing.
[ sorry, You. it's easy to forget not everyone knows things sometimes. ]
Citadel space is basically all the parts of the galaxy that are under the jurisdiction of the Citadel - our central government. There's four different Council races that make up the main governing body, and a bunch of ambassadors from other species. My species- the turians, are council members, along with the asari, salarians, and humans.
What year is it for you? I bet that it's definitely pretty "futuristic" from where you were from. And don't worry. I served on a human ship, so I know what the human years are.
[ he's guessing she must be from like a century back. ]
Not just off Earth, but all over the galaxy. With a little help from the Mass Relays, of course.
Oh, it's 2016. I know that the Americans went to the moon, and we've got all sortsa satellites and probes on the moon and Mars and stuff, but that's kinda it.
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[ his musical tastes weren't cheesy pop ballads, dance music, and patriotic songs. not at all... ]
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'Cuz we dance to our songs? I mean, our performances are all like-- they're all a song-and-dance thing, choreographed and everything. But I don't know if they're... "dance music"?
[No wub wub wub bass here, sir.]
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Well, let me hear one, and I'll be the judge of that.
[ he's really endeared to her so far. her enthusiasm really is contagious. ]
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Well, as long as they're on the water... she starts to sing.
She's definitely singing it in her native Japanese, but he somehow understands it anyway?] Swaying and shaking, the clock of pearl / is luring the two of us into a dream...
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Impressive!
[ ...he's definitely going to be humming that for weeks. sue him, it's really catchy, ok?
although, with his clapping, he might've rocked the boat just a little. oops... ]
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His applause and praise means that her cheeks are actually pretty red when it's all said and done.] Oh, uh, it sounds a lot better with all the music and stuff, I promise!
I don't have any solo songs, so I kinda had to sing everyone's parts there...
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I look forward to hearing them.
[ although... ]
You wouldn't happen to have a digital copy of any of your music, would you?
[ asking for... a friend. ]
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D'you think that's something the orbiters might have? I mean, it's so small and random I don't know why they'd have saved it, but... they've got a lot of random stuff, it sounds like.
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[ he really can't help but find that a little convenient. but then again, they did save them all, didn't they? ]
I'm hoping that they managed to save my sniper rifle. Things haven't been the easiest without it.
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Have you met Ms. Ana yet? She does that, too.
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Yeah. I was one of the top snipers they had, but I'm also not bad at engineering either.
[ it's a little strange to him, but... right. humans. they actually have non-combatants in their society. ]
Every member of my species is trained in combat from fifteen onward. It's what you have to do if you want to be considered a full citizen.
[ sure there's probably some turians out there who haven't done boot camp. but it's almost unimaginable to him. ]
I haven't. I just woke up not too long ago.
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I barely know the first thing about being in a fight, honestly. Uh, our country isn't allowed to have any army except for self-defense, so it's kind of like... the opposite of that.
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[ so... this is actually kinda a new experience for him. ]
You're not alone in that. Some of the other species in the galaxy don't have that big of a military presence either. Some don't even need it, since they have us.
[ sure, the turians can be a little... extreme at times, but they mean well... mostly. ]
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So you're sort of like... the Americans of space? [You Watanabe: Astute political analyst.]
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[ Americans... probably an old Earth country. ]
There's a few turians that are into Confucianism and Zen Buddhism, if that helps?
[ look. he doesn't know as much about Earth as he probably should. but in his defence, they only joined the galaxy when he was a kid. ]
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I don't think they do a lot of it in America, though.
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[ not that he knows that much about humans. ]
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[Hang on.] What's the System Alliance?
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[ so the question of course is: "what's citadel space", right? ]
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Citadel space?
What's that? [A citadel is a fortress. Space is space. Is it a space fortress?]
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[ sorry, You. it's easy to forget not everyone knows things sometimes. ]
Citadel space is basically all the parts of the galaxy that are under the jurisdiction of the Citadel - our central government. There's four different Council races that make up the main governing body, and a bunch of ambassadors from other species. My species- the turians, are council members, along with the asari, salarians, and humans.
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I can't believe humans actually ever get off Earth.
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[ he's guessing she must be from like a century back. ]
Not just off Earth, but all over the galaxy. With a little help from the Mass Relays, of course.
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What's a Mass Relay?
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