Welcome to Gaia! ::

Naeria was just walking home, a few small mushrooms held delicately between her fingers when she heard a human yelp. She whirled, not exactly surprised by the reaction, but still ready to defend herself or someone else if she needed to.

The Knight did not seem to be acting aggressive at the moment, although she looked scared. Naeria knew all too well that fear could turn into conflict, so she took half a step back and watched carefully, her own heart beginning to beat faster.

“I am just here,” she said, the words slow, stilted. “And so are you, knight.”

A moment passed, and she decided to ask, “Have you not seen a Velencyan before?”

“Where you come from does not give you magic, or an energy signature,” said Naeria, still nervous but she knew that usually, if people were willing to talk, that was a good sign. She could not sense such energy anyway, but she knew what the knight was talking about. “People from Earth do not have them either, unless they are a senshi or a knight. I am neither.”

She stepped forwards again, now that it seemed safer. She still blinked a few times, though, still hesitated before saying, “I am part of the Vanguard of Velencya. We are researchers looking for resources and information that can help our world.”

And to save it, but she did not tell this stranger that part.

“Targovishte,” she repeated. It was interesting, but she liked how saying it felt more than she liked saying most other words. “I am Naeria.”

She still did not want to tell her about how Velencya was dying, though, so she stood silent for a few long seconds while she tried to think of what words to say.

“It is difficult for things to grow there,” she said, “And we are running low on energy. We must find new ways to conserve it. Earth has so much life. We are looking for ways to replicate something similar on our world”

Something Targovishte said stood out to her, though. “Jupiter,” she repeated. “What is that like? Are there things there that are not on Earth?”

"Storms?" Naeria considered this. At first, when she'd seen heavy rains and heard the crackling of thunder on Earth, she had been nervous, but now she knew a little about how even things like that could bue useful.

"If there are high winds, it could be used to generate energy," she pointed out She didn't know if that would be much use to her, since transporting such energy from Jupiter to Velencya would be terribly inefficient, but maybe if Targovishte was trying to explore, or fix things, or live there, it could be helpful to her.

"Thank you for your words," she said, nodding and going to move along on her path. "Just knowing that there are kind humans is helpful in its own way, and you are very kind."

The less that people tried to attack her or her friends on sight, the better it would be for everyone.