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He tidies up a bunch of the papers to make room for you to sit down. He has put a turtleneck on since the last time you visited and seems a lot more comfortable with his neck covered.

"So... what is it you needed to sort out?"

[This one being closest to the Jackson he knows is actually throwing him off a little. Sitting so politely, setting mango on a balanced pile of notebooks on the coffee table.]

Are ya part of any Family right now, Mr. Umbra?

"I recently joined with the Cirrus Network, yeah."

Tidies up some textbooks.

"Though right now I've basically only gone to orientation and that's it..."

Oh, great! That much is right, then. 'N were ya sponsored by somebody? There's a buncha stuff besides orientation. If ya had somebody helpin' ya navigate it..?

"Ah, yeah, I had someone help me apply to join, but I wanted to try making it from there on my own. Or, well, mostly on my own, it's supposed to be a 'network', right? So..."

Well, even if it's a Network it doesn't always communicate perfectly, hahaha [said like this is a jokeyjoke]. Ah--I'm Loren Haze, I'm guessin' ya weren't expectin' me. Didja already submit with another Rapport member that ya wanna keep face-ta-face stuff to a minimum?

"Oh... was that something I was supposed to submit somewhere? I didn't realize."

I'm guessin' if ya attended orientation in person it was probably just overlooked, but you can definitely email ta have a preference on file so ya don't keep gettin' invited ta retreats 'n networking events.

"Oh. That makes sense, yeah. I might have missed a memo about that..."

I mean it's fine ta just ignore invites or turn stuff down too, but with new members we'll sometimes come check up in person, especially if it's an amnesia case, ya know? I'm sure I got somethin' mixed up somewhere too [pats at his pockets where his phone is, just illustratively].

--Ah, ya wanna try your mango? I feel bad for interruptin' a nap--it looks like you've been studyin' like crazy.

Ah, yeah. I'll go cut it up. Did you want to try some too?

I really wanted ta try a little, it's a really fancy mango...

"Since you brought it all this way, we should share it."

He gets up and takes the mango to the little kitchenette to prep it.

[Will give him plenty of space to do that so as not to reactivate nerves. Does peek from across the counter or whatever at the fern though]

Do ya name your plants? [points at fern]

"Oh... some people do that, huh? I only have one, so it feels a little silly to name it..."

He's. Very careful with the knife when he cuts it up.

Heeh, it's lookin' pretty healthy though. Oughta get a lil' umbrella ornament for it even if it doesn't have a name.

"They make ornaments for them?"

He has now put the mango on a plate and starts to bring it back out.

[Hanging out across from fern.]

There's an umbrella for every occasion.

"I guess they do like shade...?"

He puts the plate down where Loren can reach, and puts two little forks next to it. ... and also eats a piece himself because yumyumyum.

Ah, we gotta explain umbrella messages, huh.

[time to try... mahalen mango]

Straight up this is the best mango you've ever tasted. Possibly the best fruit you've ever tasted. It's fresh and ripe and sweet, like the platonic ideal of a mango.

"Umbrella messages?"

[oh no i've ruined mangoes for myself]

It's really good. Jackson has also been totally distracted with mango joy.

[forelorn] this is a really good mango...

"It's really good! It must have been just in season or something..."

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