Civility? Akane chuckled against the back of her hand. "I suppose you have a point. You're more polite than I would be." She would much rather enjoy skipping from world to world and exploring each one in detail, if she could. But there were other, heavier reasons to anchor her to her own world. Crystallis could never truly be her home.

She smiled and nodded her head. "You certainly have. You've seen and influenced so much. I'm a little jealous; I would have liked to have been here from the beginning. Maybe then I'd understand my purpose here more clearly. For now, I'm glad we had a chance to meet. I never get to speak to non-humans in my world. The aliens have yet to introduce themselves formally!"