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[Mipha smiles warmly when the message starts up, before bowing her head politely in greeting] Hello, everyone. I am Mipha. For those who have not met me before, my people are called the Zora and I will be glad to answer your questions; however, I have a question of my own to pose beforehand.

While I was helping to put the fires out, I found a curious list. It listed the following cities: Olympia, Wyver, Stroln, Dranbu, and Nadril, with a red line marking out Nadril. Aside from Olympia and Wyver, do these other names sound familiar at all? I know it's possibly best we all lay low for now, but if anyone makes any inquires and acquires some information, I'd like to know. They may be potential allies to keep in mind.

[You know, should anything continue going south with Wyver and Olympia.

She taps her chin thoughtfully a moment before adding:] While I'm here.. If there's anyone still recovering from the riots and needs healing, please let me know. I know healing magic that can fully heal physical injuries. While I'm residing in Olympia, I'll gladly travel to Wyver to help if I can.

[Another warm smile] That's all. Thank you for your time.

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[ This is the first that 76 has heard of nations other than Wyver and Olympia, and that's reason enough for him to be curious, especially given some of the thoughts he's had about tracking down neutral territory. None of the refugees seem to be happy with their situation right now, and that's understandable, given the rioting and the kidnapping and everything else.

He's seen this strange fish-woman (?) around before, though not since he lived in Olympia. She stands out for obvious reasons, and she was among the first of the refugees to wake up on the Station, same as him. ]

How'd you come by this list?

[Mipha dips her head lightly in greeting before she answers]

While the palace was on fire, I went to help put the fires out and heal anyone who was injured and so on. While I was looking around for things to save, I came upon some art references for the empress, and one of the things among the was this list.

While it could mean something sinister, it could just as likely be a list of where artists are found, or who's purchased a portrait, or even something more mundane.

Regardless, it's names we didn't have before, of cities we didn't know existed. The possibilities it opens up to us... [She trails off, but she looks hopeful]

[ It does sound mundane, and it could be as simple as that: a practical list that wouldn't be strange to someone actually from this planet.

She's right, though. This confirms that there's more to this place than just Olympia and Wyver. It could open other doors for them. ]

I'm guessing you didn't find a map with it? [ No, it could never be that simple. ]

I wonder what would happen if you tried to ask some of the natives about these cities.

Unfortunately not. [She does look genuinely apologetic about it though.]

I think that's where we should start with. It'd be simple to keep our lack of knowledge hidden if we frame the questions a certain way. "I haven't heard any news about such-and-such place lately, have you heard anything recently?"

Things like that, I suppose?

[ That's a clever way to go about it, so as to not completely give themselves away. They've been framed as foreigners, but 76 imagines that suspension of disbelief can only go so far. ]

It's worth trying. I can ask around here in Wyver, and get back to you.

[ If he's expecting her to go out of her way to investigate this, he's naturally going to do the same. ]

Please do. The more information we can compile, the better off we'll be. Perhaps in a week or two we can contact each other again to see what we've found?

[She smiles gratefully.] May I have your name, sir? So I know who to ask for later?

Works for me.

[ He likes to have a set time to check in. It means that both of them will be more likely to actually do what they said they were going to do, not that he'd intended for anything else. ]

And yeah, it's 76. You're Mipha, right?

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