Lissa smiled and thanked the other girl for the help retrieving her hat. It was one of those floppy ones but not too floppy. She didn't immediately put it back on yet since she had felt a little silly wearing the thing even if did help with the whole sun issue. In the back of her mind, it was the sort of hat that she could hear Christian teasing her for wearing in that playful way he did sometimes.
Christian. Why was she even thinking about him right now? He was one of the last people she wanted to think about.
"Yes, I've only been here a couple weeks. Just before the weird trip into space." A trip into space was one thing she'd never, ever thought she be able to say she'd been on during her life.
"It's nice to meet you, MJ, I'm Lissa. One of my friends from home, Rose Hathaway, she's been here a lot longer than I have."