[the cackle's offputting, but sayo's also getting high, so it's probably not as weird as it could be. it does sound like she's talking to somebody else for a moment, and—did her eyes change? it's gone before anna can say anything about it, and by the time it is gone she's reluctant to bring it back up again.]

Yeah it is. I spent... I don't know how long out there just talking to A2. It was nice. First chance I had to talk to her since, like, I came here. [or something like that.] Kind of sounds like you're not gonna have as good an experience if Beatrice comes out to play? But, like, hey. I have no problem being your trip buddy.

[she nudges sayo's shoulder playfully with the flats of her knuckles.]

Broken beasts like us gotta stick together, you know? Nobody else is gonna do it for us now that we're finally coming out of our cages.