"Are you really patriotic?" Ellie wondered. She herself had never managed to be; neither of her parents had been, either to the States or to France. She'd often felt more like a citizen of New York than a citizen of any country.
"For the secondary committee. We really ought to be more of a team. It's... I don't know why we've been so slow at starting up." She shrugged loosely, tousling Dog's ears with her hand. "I guess nothing of note has really happened lately for us to discuss. Not that we shouldn't be having discussions anyway. There are lot of things to think about, if you're going to be running a colony."
Ellie could go on and on. Thankfully, her social ability had restored itself enough that she knew not to -- at least not with everyone. Maybe Taisce would be the sort of person she could ramble to, though. You never knew.
"She is. I love her very much. I've never had a dog before. She's... My first. My first pet ever, really."