"Well," she said. There hadn't been anything incredibly interesting happening in Sydney's afternoon, but it had been pleasant enough, sitting here and drinking coffee and reading. She couldn't complain.
"I'm Sydney Sage," she said, offering her hand. It felt a bit awkward, but they hadn't actually met in person before, and the Alchemists were rather obsessed with the social niceties and being 'polite.' She wasn't an alchemist anymore, but her training was still there, whether she wanted it to be or not. "I know we talked on the network."
She looked at her curiously, then asked, almost in a whisper,