[ Huh. She actually stops mid-slurp at that. Far be it for her to tell someone else how to define themselves, if he wanted to call himself toast she would respect it as much. But she is, as ever, still curious. ]

What makes you different? I'd thought it was just the name of your job.

[ It's a loaded question posed with not a hint of the baggage that actually surrounds it.

Himeka finishes offer a couple of spoon-fulls before she nods, deftly splitting half of her egg in two with her chopsticks. ]

I grew up in the Ruby Sea. You've seen it before--well, you've seen a neighboring village. The Kojin were the ones that taught my predecessors how to build and maintain that bubble.