Thank goodness she was back to her usual self. Mia wasn't sure how much longer of "older woman stuck in a teenage body" she could stand. (Nevermind that she missed that magatama - and her clothes were kinda cute - it was simply the principle of the matter!) As she walked from her dorm to the cafeteria, Mia'd assumed that today would be semi-normal.
Wait, was that... Snow and a hoverbike? Normal immediately flew out the window. "Snow! Wait!"
Once she was able to walk comfortably beside him, she offered a smile, "Hey. Is that your Christmas present?"
Snow stepped to one side the moment he heard that voice, hefting the bike out of the way of traffic. It wasn't quite as impressive as it looked, since the manadrive on the bike actively defied gravity anyway.
He didn't turn to greet Mia properly, because he was busy turning quite red. When she did catch up to him, and he couldn't hide any more, he returned the smile she offered quite sheepishly.
"Hi, Mia." No mention of the events of time compression? Was she just going to pretend it hadn't happened? Maybe that was best. "This -- I found it in my room when I woke up this morning. It's definitely mine, I recognize everything about it..."
Still, Mia was visibly impressed. Los Angeles didn't have this kind of technology! Already, the gears in her brain were clicking. The police could use this, no doubt, and capture criminals more easily...
"Oh, so that's what you got," She said, smiling as she inspected it carefully. "It's an impressive bike! Did you ride it all the time?"
... Really, it wasn't so much as Mia wasn't pretending it didn't happen as Mia knew Snow was a little kid. Judging from his expression, he obviously knew it'd happened, so she then added, "And about the last couple of weeks? Don't worry about it. The Time Compression's weird like that a lot."
"Uh... you sure? I mean, I didn't do anything on purpose, but... I didn't... not not do it on purpose..."
He stopped walking to shake his head. He'd only confused himself, and the memories this bike brought back weren't helping anything. "Yeah... I used to ride it a lot. Before... everything."
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Wait, was that... Snow and a hoverbike? Normal immediately flew out the window. "Snow! Wait!"
Once she was able to walk comfortably beside him, she offered a smile, "Hey. Is that your Christmas present?"
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He didn't turn to greet Mia properly, because he was busy turning quite red. When she did catch up to him, and he couldn't hide any more, he returned the smile she offered quite sheepishly.
"Hi, Mia." No mention of the events of time compression? Was she just going to pretend it hadn't happened? Maybe that was best. "This -- I found it in my room when I woke up this morning. It's definitely mine, I recognize everything about it..."
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"Oh, so that's what you got," She said, smiling as she inspected it carefully. "It's an impressive bike! Did you ride it all the time?"
... Really, it wasn't so much as Mia wasn't pretending it didn't happen as Mia knew Snow was a little kid. Judging from his expression, he obviously knew it'd happened, so she then added, "And about the last couple of weeks? Don't worry about it. The Time Compression's weird like that a lot."
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He stopped walking to shake his head. He'd only confused himself, and the memories this bike brought back weren't helping anything. "Yeah... I used to ride it a lot. Before... everything."
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