“Um… do you mean ambassador?” Midori offered softly as the boy, Kino, began to talk about his father. As she understood it, an ambassador was like a trader, except they traded peace and understanding between two places, rather than goods and services. That was how Father put it, anyway, when he explained it.<br/><br/>But the boy went on to talk about his mother next, and about where they lived and what his parents did. Was that part of introducing herself? Should she do it too, then? Father hadn’t said about that, but… maybe that was normal? Reciprocation was a good thing, it was what friends did, she thought. So, Midori reasoned, she should try it too.<br/><br/><em>”You apologize a lot, don’t you? Well, in any case, good to meet you, Midori-chan.”</em><br/><br/>“U-uhhm, yes? It is good to apologize when you have wronged another. I did not mean to run into you, but I did. And then I was rude to not introduce myself… It is good to meet you too Kino-kun. My… um… I am living with my Uncle and his wife in Civilian District B. Uncle Kanetaro has a shop.. he is a merchant.”<br/><br/>But they moved on to other things, now. Mostly about the problem of the almost-cat in the tree. At first, Midori thought maybe she could help Kino into the tree without putting Sunako down, but he seemed to have a different idea. And it made her nervous, the thought of leaving Sunako with him. What if he took her? But… But he was right that it would be safer if she left the kitten with him, and she climbed up the tree. Especially if he said he wasn’t very good at it. She wasn’t great either, but Father had made her practice quite a bit, until he was confident she could get to safety if she needed to.<br/><br/>“I… o-okay. Sunako is very small, she does not know how to keep her claws in. I am sorry if she pokes you with them.. she does not mean it.” after another moment of hesitation, the small girl held the kitten out towards him. For her part, Sunako made a softly inquisitive sound and began squirming to try to climb back towards Midori, not particularly caring for being held in the air as she had to be in order to be passed over to the boy.<br/><br/>“How… umm… how should I climb to your shoulders?” it seemed really weird to just.. climb up his back like he was a rock or something…