what used to be, what could be, and what's to come

The woman seemed to relax a bit, and Acciona tried to do the same, though her habits of remaining hyper alert at all times was a hard one to shake. "I’ve been traveling with my brother and a... uh friend. They’re somewhere nearby, but I just needed to get away for a bit." She wasn’t entirely sure she would call Shiba a friend of hers, but the woman had done a lot for Mikko to keep him alive, and it was easier to just say she was a friend than to try and get into the more complicated details of the relationship. Once she finally figured out what exactly she was going to do, and when she was going to finally do it, she wouldn’t likely seek out the grey woman’s company, though she figured her brother’s debt to her might keep the Klein more involved in her life than she would otherwise choose for herself. "And you?" She wasn’t great at having normal conversations, but she figured that posing the same question that was asked of her would be a good start.

"Speech."