[The vine catches Alfimi approaching the lake. Next on her "do something I've never done before" agenda is "swimming." She takes a moment, just staring at the water from the shore. She walks a little closer and stares some more. Eventually she moves her leg and puts a toe in the water. She pulls back almost instantly, looking surprised. After
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Strange? What, never been swimming before, kid?
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Yeah, you do. It's not that bad though!
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Also you might drown.
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St-strange...?
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It's quite beautiful, isn't it? [It would be hard to miss the young woman's unfamiliarity with the lake.] Are you from a world without bodies of water like this?
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The land of beginings had them, but I always saw them from above. I never got to see one up-close.
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I see. Did you live in orbit, then, or in space? [She's familiar with space stations and the like.] The water here is quite safe. I've seen people swimming in it before. You could wade in, to acclimate yourself.
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I was in space a lot there. When I came closer to the land I could see the water. Sometimes the waves in the ocean.
I have never swam before. Do I just... lower myself into the water?
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