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"I can order for myself."

That was what she was going to say in response to his inquiry. However, before she got a chance to say such, he was already ordering for the both of them. Nonetheless to say that one pair of golden eyes were shortly glaring daggers at the Page.

However, the visual attack got interrupted by the woman's inquiry on drink preference.

Not even a thought went into it. "Water, thank you." It wasn't even a preference, it was more instinct at that point.

When the woman left to go tend to their orders, her eyes once more returned to him, her eyes almost seeming to try to pierce a bunch of stab marks into him.

"...yeah... don't order for me next time... I am perfectly capable of ordering for myself, Crims!" With an indignant sniff, she then mentioned "...I don't mind talking about home if you really want to hear about it... it isn't exactly very exciting..."

There was something about the tone of Crims' voice that made her suspect he would try ordering for her again if the opportunity arose. However, rather than sit and accuse him of such in a baseless manner, she addressed his inquiry quite bluntly.

"...I am pretty sure both Saturn and Earth have natural sources of water..."

Implication?

That the asteroid of Iris did not have such a thing.

She shrugged a bit before tilting her head to the side. "I mean... we don't really have much at home... not many things can survive without a natural source of water. Even the people that live there can't live without the stuff!"

She extended a single finger in response to a question he had, but then the waitress returned with the water they had requested. Still holding the single finger up, she reached over, grabbed her cup, and drank from it before Crims allowed her the chance to speak up.

"I think we are okay, thank you! Is that right, Crims?" She nodded to her company, making certain that they were okay.

With a nod, the waitress dismissed herself to tend to her other duties, leaving the pair to their own conversation again.

Now she could speak up and give meaning to her single pointed finger.

"...there's only one city back home. It's small, and honestly the only place where foreigners can be found. The rest of the world is just a place to be traveled... dark sands, little to no resources. No clouds at all. All water is imported, and mostly for the sake of drinking."

With that, her hand resumed a more restful position, making her single finger no longer excluded from the rest. "Desert takes all the water it can get, though..."

A pair of gold eyes blinked at his question.

"...I would imagine the death toll is not any different than any other world... well... except the worlds that thrive off sacrificing their people for no reason and such." It was a slight implication that she might have encountered other worlds that had such traditions.

Slowly she added "...we are actually a pretty small world in comparison to a full sized planet for instance. Not nearly as many inhabitants, and the ones that live there work hard. My people live very full lives, it is just different from how a lot of other worlds survive..."

She scratched her chin a bit, thinking over another aspect of Crims' observations and assumptions. "Well... water is valuable, but it is still reasonable in price. One of the girls from the circus... her world is mostly a rainforest. As part of the alliance we have, we trade with them quite a bit, and it isn't nearly as expensive as receiving water from some of the other worlds."

Settling both of her hands upon the table again, she shrugged at his apology. "You wouldn't be the first person who didn't want to visit my home. It really isn't a travel destination unless you are aiming to barter. And foreigners usually just stick to The Port since at least it is a bit more accustomed to non-nomadic needs."

Her lips parted to form a wide smile briefly. "Not too many people are as accustomed to traveling to different worlds... let alone open-minded enough to imagine adapting into other societies. Most people think of things being like home. You know, that's their point of reference, so they won't let themselves experience other things."

Some people might have apologized for getting preachy, but not Iris. She just chuckled again before grabbing her cup and drinking from it again.

Two brows shot up, as if he had suggested something unthinkable.

"Foreigners don't leave the Port usually. That is because of what you suggested... ill-equipped for the desert! On occasion a foreigner might leave the port with a native, but that is about the only way it usually happens. However, even that is a rarity." The responsible natives would never even think of bring foreigners to the Vast Desert. Only the real low-lives would think of such a thing.

For a moment, she glanced back to the piano player, as if trying to clear her mind of such a bizarre concept of foreigners just traveling across her world. She smiled to the player with a slight wiggle of her fingers before she returned her glance to her companion.

"So... I guess you wouldn't have to worry about doing much but being a tourist in all honesty! So no excuse to not visit me, Crims!"

There was a tone to her companion's voice that she couldn't ignore. If she had been a shyer person, she might have buckled under such peer pressure. Perhaps blushed and denied every implying such things.

However, this was not Iris.

"Yeah, why not? I mean, I only go home for about 1 or 2 months in a year... but I always like meeting up with others I have met in my travels. I wouldn't really be able to give you a grand tour or anything... but it's always fun to show off the stomping grounds!"

She rolled her eyes up, then added as an after thought "...though we'd have to pre-plan stuff if you ever did plan to visit. To make sure I am not in the Vast Desert when you came by." It wasn't like she went home for goofing off or anything. She had duties to uphold, and part of them required her to travel.

With that, she took a swig from her cup, and soon enough drained it completely of all the remaining water. Which led to her pushing her cup to the edge of the table, silently demanding more.

Food had arrived!

Iris hardly even waited for the waitress to put the plate down before she dug her fingers into the fish. She was not from a world that was overly high maintenance on manners and such, and it easily showed in how she dealt with some of the more basic things, such as eating. She tore off a piece of fish and was already stuffing the chunk of meat into her mouth before even thinking of answering the waitress' prompt.

"....Mmmm... naw..." was all she got out before she resumed with chowing down.

The girl nodded her head a bit as Crims ever so smartly predicted the need for more water. However, she didn't say anything since she did have food in her mouth. She might have been eating with her hands, but she wasn't uncivilized. Occasionally she'd pop a piece into her mouth, but then need to pause to pull out a bone or two, which got set upon her plate.

Eventually Crims asked about the food, and the girl had to pause from her already half-finished fish (chewing and swallowing quickly). She wiped the corners of her mouth before mentioning "...Well, I can't complain so far... food on different worlds are always interesting... but the food here has flavor at least. Some places the food is not necessarily very... um... tasty?" She glanced to her plate almost blankly for a moment. Iris knew she was actually talking about one of the few natural sources of food from her own world. Growing up, she hadn't known much else, living off the necessities her world had to offer and the occasional imported dried food. However, after her travels to the allied worlds, she had been exposed to different foods. And after ********* had gathered all the girls for a show on the road, her culinary pallet was expanded even further.

She eventually looked up again and smiled. "Some habits die hard though..." The blonde picked up another small chunk of fish and popped it into her mouth, noting his use of utensils for his own food. "...is the food very different on Earth?" she quickly blurted out before starting to chew.