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For all that they spent most of their nights curled up on the couch or beneath a pile of blankets in one bed or another Cami and Otto were not otherwise often in the dorm at the same time. Hearing the call of her semi-sister outside the door the redhead was just as glad that Otto wasn't home as she thought Mimsy was likely to be. "Coming!" It was actually lucky Cami'd heard anything at all. Mimsy's errand was not the only bit of technology brought back from Tokyo; a shiny iPod in its cutesy case had been her personal purchase.

Earbuds hanging around her neck the book she'd borrowed was tossed onto the coffee table for later Cami only for a moment wished she could have been out training. Her back was still not quite fully healed. Two more days, they'd said this morning, when re-bandaging the wound. Couldn't come soon enough!

Smiling as she opened the door Cami immediately gestured that Mimsy should come in. "Hi!"

Seeing Mimsy in the dorm she shared with Otto it struck the redhead that she hadn't had time alone with the woman she considered her sister (whether or not it was factually accurate) almost since she'd left the infirmary. Even then it hadn't been much of a conversation. Just a simple assertion that Camille would live because the burns were not deadly and she would have certainly been in a pod if the damage had been potentially fatal.

Of course she'd jumped at the chance to assist the physicist in any way possible though the task had seemed a little more difficult than usual. Surprisingly, it hadn't been difficult at all. "Oh, no, you didn't impede at all. It wasn't any trouble at all to detour alone before going home. I figured it was better to err on the side of caution as to privacy so I picked it up on my own." Feeling just a little awkward Cami moved to clear a spot on the couch of blankets and pillows. "Feel free to sit! I'll get you your thing and then we can talk about the trip." Scooting into the bedroom Cami went beneath her bed for the well-insulated miniature briefcase that held Mimsy's chip.

Setting it back on the coffee table it was nothing at all for Cami to curl into her blanket nest and talk about her trip. "I didn't realize not speaking Japanese would be such an obstacle. I've made do in Europe because I speak Spanish but I don't speak anything like Japanese. But we managed and I don't think anyone wanted to stab us. Mostly." Fingers toyed with the ear buds. "It was really fun. Helped get my mind off....things." She trailed off, looking a little awkward once more.

"I'm sorry I haven't been by to visit. I've been training too hard."

Few take notice in overachieving. It was the second time that Camille had heard such a statement and considering from where each statement had originated it made her sit up and take notice more than ever. Taym did not seem one for idle conversation but he had convictions that were so strong you had to take them with a grain of salt. For Taym and Mimsy to both generally agree on a point it must have been a rather valid one. In a way that her semi-sister would have recognized and perhaps even been proud or fond of the younger woman mentally cataloged the information for another time.

Reassuring both of them Cami smiled. "No, this is absolutely for me. I actually rather enjoy all the physical work of being in Sun Division. I don't mind being caught up with books and writing papers about things that interest me but it was always my field research, my field work, that I enjoyed the most. I go absolutely bonkers sitting still for long -- it's impossible!" Indeed she was already hugging one knee to her chest, shifting posture, thinking about her trip.

"Gosh, my favorite thing? Well I don't think I mentioned this but I was specifically going to this place called Ice Cream City. They have hundreds of flavors of ice cream in any flavor you can imagine. I never thought I'd be so into green tea ice cream?" Eyes flicked to the kitchen. "The freezer is packed. I'm more shocked we got it all back before it melted! Difficulty was that none of us speak or read Japanese. There were at least six or seven of us going and Dylon is apparently alright with Korean but we weren't in Korea." This was said in a sort of obviously, duh tone as eyes rolled.

"I got Otto to do karaoke though and I think that was the high-point of the whole trip. Did you know he can sing? Like, really sing." Awe crept into her voice, head shaking slightly as she remembered how it had sounded. "I didn't even expect it. He's so shy I thought there would be microphone mumbling but he was so good. I should've recorded it." It was Cami's great regret that she did not.

It was also hard, very hard, not to grill Mimsy about what the chip was for. Why did she need it? Why would this be a weakness that would become a strength? Instead she tentatively pushed out a thought. "Maybe we can go somewhere, someday? You could bring anyone you wanted!" She was a little sister trying to reach out to her big sister, trying to fit in, trying to be a family because if Cami wanted anything in the world it was that.

Mimsy's laughter lightened her sister considerably, the flash of smile almost like one you would earn from a shy child whom you'd been trying to charm out from behind her mother's legs. "Not literally but the decor sometimes would make you think that, I suppose, if you were very young. Obviously it's plastic, porcelain, and other building materials but it's pretty neat." Tugging her phone out of the blankets where it had been tossed fingers flicked through the pictures until she could offer one to Mimsy.

The question about flavors almost had her hopping up to throw the fridge open to check. "Gosh uhm...there's at least six kinds of chocolate. Possibly more? Coconut, chocolate-raspberry, green tea, a few other random flavors..." Trailing off a bit she laughed. "We went a bit overboard." Which wasn't really anything new for that trio -- excess was naturally in the personality of the two girls and when it came to chocolate Otto wasn't really hard to compromise as well.

Mimsy's nervous motions across the face of the case, combined with her words, made Camille rather indignant. "No!" It was quick, almost vehement, before she realized such an exhortation might be easily taken in the wrong manner. "Your company is appealing to me! I...I know you barely know me and I suppose I can't say I know you very well either but that is specifically why I want to spend time with you." Should she tell Mimsy about her ridiculous idolization of someone she barely knew? It seemed like it would be a negative, not a positive, despite the fact it was still admiration of Mimsy in particular.

Drumming fingers against her knee, a nervous gesture easily recognizable, Cami shook her head. "I get two days a month and I've used one of them but the month is over soon. If I don't use the one I have I will have three days next month. I would love to do something that interests you because..." She trailed off and looked a bit sheepish. "Well, I don't know much about you past that you're a scientist. I want to know more." More that didn't come from Twitter or someone who didn't seem to understand that Mimsy was a person too.