She was so relieved to see Aika that she pushed the super weird train of thought she'd been having about her own tits to the side for the moment.  There was something to that.  It wasn't the first time that phrase had come up since she'd entered The Twilight Zone or whatever the hell this was.  While she wanted to shout and leap to embrace her friend, she instead bowed and entered as she was invited.<tt class="bbc_tt">"Thank you, Aika-sensei.  I'm so excited for this trip!  I can't wait to see Kyoto.  Walking down ancient lanes and stores while wearing a kimono would just be a dream!  ...Assuming I can find one that fits my, erm..."</tt>She gestured to her big American tits.<br/><br/>Fuck!  More canned dialogue?  She wanted to scream and break something!  She was going to find whoever programmed this section of the game and kick their asses!<br/><br/>Wait, what was that?  Her eyes widened even as he expression stayed a sweet, slightly embarrassed smile.  That was a note that was...a message from Aika!  Joy nodded as she was babbling something stupid and pulled one of her composition books from her school bag.<tt class="bbc_tt"> "Does Kyoto have beaches?  I'd love to just knock Se-, uh, Akiba-kun out with my new swimsuit!  And you know, I bet you'd have all the boys and even Souji-sensei all hot for you if you wore a swimsuit too, Aika-sensei!" </tt>Apparently, she was the dumb American...she was blonde, after all.  And not the brightest in real life but she wasn't this clueless!  She laid the notebook open on Aika's desk and wrote:<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">I know, dating a de-aged one.  Everyone interacted with is one of the missing people.  Don't know if Souji-sensei is, didn't remember the name</span><br/><br/>For the first time since she'd entered this bizarre alternate universe, she felt a sense of real progress.  It might be illusionary and it might not last, but in the moment, it felt damn good.  Even as her body yearned to feel good in another way...