Miriallia knew a lot about mobile suits. Shiho wasn't surprised once she thought about it for a few seconds, but it was still impressive. And kinda hot, really.

But that wasn't something she was quite ready to comment on, not when they were having a surprisingly intense conversation about South American politics. Honestly, Shiho had fallen a bit behind on news, but she was caught up now and oh, did she have thoughts on all of it. But not as many as Miriallia had, and Shiho was fairly sure she was getting a preview to something not yet written. Perhaps Miriallia already had the photos, though-

They'd both ended up passing through Orb and recognizing each other on the street...

But they both had some pretty memorable exes, so that was only fair. Which had led to lunch and this fabulous chat and-

"What are you doing after this?" Shiho asked, carefully, once there was a natural pause in conversation.

"Gotta get some stuff done and sent," Miriallia replied, frowning. "I should be done by dinner, unless my editor is really being unreasonable. I know some great places and yeah, I'd like to talk more."

Shiho nodded. "It's a date."