Onboard the Westphalia

[Ramke]

Izumi leans forward and reaches for the curious-looking drink that Hans had made her while listening to his story. Her facial gestures hint that she agrees with the scientist on how liberating being a freelancer is.

She takes a sip of the drink as Goeben asks his question.
"What do I hope to find...", she takes a small moment to think, "I hope that my experience working here would answer some questions I have for myself and life in general... and perhaps one day to earn enough money to afford living like you do, Hans-san.", she finishes the sentence with a grin. "And why this ship in particular? It's because I know the ship's captain and I can consider him a friend that helped me in times of need, that I feel the need to reciprocate to."

A more serious expression appears on Izumi's face.

"You see, I still haven't found an exact purpose in life and have quite the wanderlust, until I find something that I can truly claim as worthy of dedicating a life to. A goal, or an occupation, or anything else, really." She sighs before continuing. "Don't take this the wrong way, I do find it great fun to be freelancing around and witnessing all there is to see, but it makes me a bit envious of the people who strive for their goals and live adventurous, perhaps dangerous lives..."

Nessel shrugs. "And I know you probably won't agree with this, but I would actually like to know more about the.. situations that I've gotten myself involved into as a part of that search for answers. Everyone seems to be against it for some reason... Naturally, I won't let this get ahead of me and impact your work, I promise!"