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They're under a ruined overpass when he spots it, next to a quietly burbling stream.
"Hey, 2B, look at that."
2B and 9S go on an adventure in River sparks
Well, she's got enough for that! (continuing in the background, working, language, language. (And it'll help that they're talking now!))
"Hello!"
Well that's a question with a lot of possible answers. (She relays the meanings to Genea).
If she says something in her own origin's system they might realize she's from there. Which won't do. And Kashjar's she obviously doesn't know, whatever they have.
"You're in Sovereign Crossing." (Not really a good way to choose between all the names, so go with that one). Check with Genea, check around, and she recites the location in the local system (uses the river confluence as reference, like her origin's, but the numbers and all go different.)
I am not showing unknown strange metal people a map. And if they're Kashjaran they're more likely to be hostile than not. (She'd considered objecting to giving the location, but it's not that hard to figure out, and she does get the idea of gestures of goodwill, in case they actually are here for some other reason. But this is too far.)
...I think I can translate the other way.
Takes a few moments to get more of the hang of, but it looks like she can. Enough for a few sentences, at least.
So, with the silent coaching,
"Before we consider sharing further information, might we know who you are and your intentions?"
nines
"I'm 9S, and this is 2B. We were hunting machines but uh, we ran into something unusual and wound up here somehow."
Aye confirms that 'machines' is not getting through translation properly for her. Maybe that's what they call Beasts?
Well, maybe not really what she should be asking first, but,
"'Machines'?"
and, because this probably is,
"Where were you from?"
Dammit this is making her really want to scry Kashjar. Also it would be handy if she could figure out how to say 'Kashjar' in this language but that also doesn't seem to be happening.
"We don't have those. All our -" apparently Beasts isn't quite coming through "- monsters are animals."
Meanwhile Aye seems to have started shaping some illusion. The river system, she can tell as it gets clearer. The Sovereign Crossing has little representations of the four of them. Tscher has little marble towers. Aye points at it.
"Where were you from?"
