The faintest smile catches her lips. "Maybe. Do you think I should switch my conditioner, though?" It was bad enough being around Asami, within about five minutes she'd made Ellie feel like she needed to go and polish and shine herself up.

"A real grown up." She frowns, just a little, the barest flicker in her expression. "I should find her, later. Tell her not to let the knee get cold." Exsilium is awful for it, the wet and the cold. The Outlands are worse, though Ellie will hardly admit it. It's strange to be in a body that doesn't have the painful knee, to feel like there is softness in her limbs instead of hunger-hardened muscle and skin and bone. It remind her of Robyn and how she changed, in the way that so many things remind her of Robyn, make her chest tighten, breath come shallow. "I'm glad you're still Steph."