::I intend to be worrying about things closer to home for the next while, but eventually, yeah.::

::Yeah.  It's a long-term project.  But that's no reason to not hope.::

"Mmhmm." ::Relatedly - when I got here I found it useful to set - not a goal exactly, but a benchmark, for when I'd know for sure I was ready to leave; is that the sort of thing you'd find useful here?::

::I'm not sure I can make an accurate self-assessment yet.  Ask me in a month.::

::Sure.::

::...Why did I know that?::

::What do you mean?::

::I'm bemused at why I was so confident about the timeframe I'd be able to accurately assess my status in.::

::I wouldn't expect you not to be able to do that, at least roughly.::

::Yeah, but my self-assessment is broken!  So how do I know that!  It's disconcerting to know things that you don't know the why of!::

::...Not that it's your problem or anything?  Just.  I am really bemused.::

::...where you're from doesn't teach about intuition as a basic concept, I'm guessing. It's normal; some people have more of a sense of things that way than others and some peoples' is more accurate than others but it's usually at least fairly decent for purely internal things like that.::

::It does, but my intuition about my intuition is that I shouldn't have a solid intuition!::

Heh.. ::Well, we'll see.::

::I suppose we will.::  Yeah, it is kinda funny.  ::And thanks for reminding me to laugh.::

::No problem.::

::...Alright, now I want to do something.  What needs doing around here, anyway?  That wouldn't take away work from those who really want it.::

::We could go pick out where you want to put your house, if you want.::

::Wouldn't be a bad idea.::

::All right. Finish up your meal and we can get going, then.:: And she gets up to get a water-carrying duffel bag from the closet and fill it at the sink in preparation for leaving.

Diana refills her canteen from the tap as well, and, her meal finished, heads out.

::Do you have an idea of how far away you want to be? Landscape features or anything? I've got some art installations up in various places too, I'm mostly going to want to keep you away from those but if you want art nearby I can point out good places for one of us to add some.::

::I don't really know, honestly.  Not very far -:: and oh, how deeply that is tinged with fear and worry and loss, ::-though, I think.::

::There a story there? Ten minutes on a speeder still gives you a pretty good range of choices, anyway, they aren't called that for nothing.:: She heads for the garage.

::Just...I don't want to be alone again.::

She pauses and turns back. ::You don't have to go away if you don't want to, you know. Plenty of room for a house right here.:: She nods at the scrubby expanse just past the perimiter of Nine's watchtowers.