[-what's this? The voice of a friend? The face of a companion? A long awaited link to the familiar dangling just out of reach???]

Hikaru! Finally!

[She's turning that screen back on in a snap, beaming at the fellow night- while she holds that blue penguin off her leg and out of sight with her free hand.]

Well of course I'm... What do you mean, back? Back in your sight? Back in contact? Oh, what's it matter! How did we, end up...

[....so sorry. She just noticed. Cyndaquil.

Recoil time.]

What is that?!