<div style="text-align: justify;">Mariya was relieved that Vitali seemed to trust her. That would make her life and plans a lot easier than she had originally thought. There was something about him she couldn't place that seemed to make him more open to welcoming her back into his life than she had imagined. While they talked and walked together, new plans started forming in Mariya's mind. She would have to get clearance for them, but it seemed like there was a good chance that a change in plans made her job easier to achieve. <br/><br/>Shaking the thoughts off for the time being, the girl focused back on Vitali. She might as well have some fun for now and rest for a little, right? No need to start working right away after having reached her home city. Patience was key for everything to go well, after all.<br/><br/>"Very well, then", she agreed. "I will call you Viti, as I did back in the old days". While she spoke, Mariya watched the way Vitali moved. It was fun to watch, as though she was looking at a different kind of creature. <br/><br/>When he mentioned her possible taste for the food they served back in London, Mariya couldn't help but laugh. "Oh, no!", she protested. "Mother and I cooked pretty much the same kind of food we eat here. We even had people come in just to eat our food, since it was obviously much better than that tasteless thing they cook there". Shaking her head when he talked about the things the British did, Mariya shrugged. "I didn't get to do much of that. We had enough to make ends meet, but not much more, I'm afraid". She didn't seem to really mind it, as her family had never been rich to begin with. "We did get a few trips to the countryside, though, mostly to work for brief periods of time. But there was still time to see the surroundings".<br/><br/>Falling silent, the young woman listened as Vitali spoke about how thing were out in space. She looked up to the sky for a moment. It was impressive, she had to admit that, to imagine that they could actually put a person inside a spaceship and send them out of Earth. "Not really, but you get to go way the way out there!", she replied excitedly at his question about eating meals out of a tube. "It's something almost everyone else can only imagine and daydream about". Nibbling on her lower lip - it was something she had done since she was a child -, Mariya completed after thinking for a moment. "If you want me to, I will happily cook nice meals for you while you are down here", she offered, almost timidly. It would do well to gain his trust, and there was something boyish about Vitali she could pick up on - something that seemed to want to be taken care of. And maybe she could make that work to her advantage.</div>