<em>Effingham</em>, or as her friends called her for short, 'Effie', picked up on her fellow heavy cruiser's mood, and opened a dialogue window to the<em>Takao</em>-class. "'Allo there, Cho; you doing all right over there?" she asked, giving her a big friendly smile to help try and raise her mood;<em>Chokai</em>was one of the newest ships assigned to the squadron, and as one of the oldest ships there, Effie had taken it on herself to try and be a 'big sister' for the meek warship. "I've got some nice footage of those whales from earlier on my patrol; what say once we get back to base, I bring it over and we can watch them together?" she asked.