Welcome to Gaia! ::

Shiro stuck his tongue out at Lin, quite possibly one of his only immature moments. "Hush you. After this program I've been working on, anything is interesting."

He grinned. "Besides. I'm quite sure it's safe to say that no one has ever tried to catalogue the DNA of the Arda elves."

"Whether there are or not," Shiro murmured, "to look at elven genetics would be quite fascinating."

He paused. "The research would have to be carried out here," he muttered to himself pushing his laptop aside and reaching for one of the notebooks he had out on the desk. He started scribbling down notes. "Samples ... more equipment ..."

Kaito stared at his twin as Shiro started writing. "Okay ... I think we just lost him from this conversation."

Kaito waved off her apology. "No worries. I'm getting used to it by now. And he really does hate that particular program he's working on. Besides, a project like this is too expensive, even for him: he'll forget about it soon enough."

It would cost thousands if not millions of dollars for him to carry out. It wouldn't happen, not for decades, if ever.

Kaito shrugged. "As strange as things are here, people like to try to make sense of them. That's all I can say."

Besides, what about Gaia wasn't strange to the elves? Would researching genetics really be all that much more strange than anything else they had introduced to the world?

"Try the second shelf at the far end of that aisle," Kaito pointed towards the opposite end of the room. "That's where most of the books on races are kept, especially the ones that are more legendary than others."

"Well, this is a library," Kaito grinned. "Try nearer the door. I think Shiro did that so that the kids don't have to get lost in all the informational books."

"You could always ask Serenity to make one for you," Ura put in with a grin. "She's been making some for Ian, he loves them."

Kaito snorted. "Are you kidding me? She's a stage-grower. She'll learn faster than most kids, don't waste time with her! Besides, it's scientifically proven that if you read to kids when they're young, they're more likely to be interested in reading when they're old enough to learn."

He paused. "Have you started teaching her other languages?" he asked cautiously.

Ura grinned. "She knows Ada!" he said proudly.

"Come on, you have twin siblings who are that young," Kaito pointed out. "You can't tell me you've never interacted with them before!"

He paused, then added, "Besides, you can always ask one of us to converse in Japanese with you. We don't know Chinese-"

"We do," Ura interrupted, meaning Shiro and himself.

"Why does that not surprise me," Kaito sighed. He turned back to Lin. "As I was saying. You could just come to any of us if you want to converse in those languages with Miyuki around."