Nalia smiled and nodded as she pressed another button, looking similar to a fast-forward button on a remote. And just like seeking through a video, the sun outside quickly moved and ventured towards the horizon on the opposite side of their view. The sky took on a darker hue of blue, but still held on to a little bit of light as the sun had not fully set yet.<br/><br/>“I try not to do this often, myself. As much as I wish I was home, I can’t pretend to be there. Because I’m not. Once outside of this hotel, it’s right back in the Convergence like nothing has changed. Still, it’s nice to just take a stroll down memory lane every once in a while.” Her eyes stayed trained on the window, her face unreadable as her mouth regurgitated everything in her mind.<br/><br/>“The Convergence....sucks.” Her brows furrowed for a moment, “nobody chooses to come here. Nobody chooses to die and says ‘I want to live in a city where there is no life and no sun for the rest of eternity.’ That’s why Lydia and I opened this hotel. We have to settle with where we’ve ended up, but that doesn’t mean we have to settle with every other aspect involved. We spent all our lives settling, making compromises, sacrificing the things we love for others’ comforts. And, well, I suppose Lydia and I still do on occasion, being the people who run the joint, I say fuck that.” By this point she turned her attention back to Axle, a new look of determination in her eyes. “If you want something, you’ll get it. We made that promise because we’re done having to always do what others tell us. If you want to live in the city, there it is.” She gestured again to the window. “You want to go to the beach, go to the savanah, go to China, Japan, Africa, Australia, anywhere in the world, you say it, we’ll get you there. You want to meet a celebrity, we’ll give you a VIP one on one dinner with them. You want to eat ice cream for the rest of your days? We’ll get it for you.”<br/><br/>“Life is over. We’re not in heaven. But we’re also not in hell, dammit. So why treat it like we are? What do you want Axle?” She stepped over to him, grabbing his hand again, looking at him with an earnest expression. “Literally anything you could ever want is available to you. If it’s something real we can get, we’ll get it. If not, we can do the next best thing and use our holographic physical virtual reality whatever the fuck this system is called and get it for you that way.” Her volume had elevated progressively during her rant, until finally she stopped herself, taking a breath, and finishing back at a normal volume once more, “What is it that you want most right now, more than anything in all the world?”