"I thought you were already a number," she says in a light tone, clearing joking with him. When a man introduces himself as a number, it's pretty unforgettable. But she understands what he really means. They're all just waiting while trying to live their lives in the meantime. At least they're in an exciting place, with lots of opportunities for exploration, either here or wherever the Ingress can take them. That's some consolation. Of course, not everyone is as adventurous as she is, and she can understand how this might not be fun for them. Hopefully they can see the bright side too.

"You mean the heat? Yeah, usually I travel to places with the opposite temperature. But I've heard Chioni will cycle back to cold temperatures at some point. Then it'll feel like Alaska again. Or Nepal. Or... Antarctica." The best way to avoid wallowing in what happened? Not thinking about it. But the problem with that is that Ecopoint: Antarctica was a huge part of her life and can't just be forgotten. And it would be wrong to forget anyway; like she was forgetting her team or something. So sometimes she has to face it before putting that chipper smile back on.

Her subdued expression only lasts a moment before she's clearing her throat and putting a little bounce into her step.

"Did you travel a lot back home?"