“I wish I were a human, sadly I am not. Not even the slightest part inside me are human. They are all artificial. I don’t know how humans these days could made such artificial human heart and emotion.”
She explained in few sentences. Of course that wasn’t all, at how much she hoped to be a human, who could live their life in many years, unlike her and the other Giftias.
“Yes, there are a lot of Giftia aside of me. They are made for helping people in their activities. Sometimes they could become a best friend, family, parent, cousin, even love interest due to their resemblance with genuine human.”
She didn’t want to explain what does that mean by the expired Giftia unless she were asked to do so.
┈┊ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ!
Even for the normally energetic and full of power Kongou, now she felt real sorrow.. Like lacking a better term for it, Isla’s words kinda show a sign of loneliness.. Wait, did she just bought up a bad thought?
The Battleship can understand her feelings, since she is a ship girl, she have more responsible to worried about… But of course not as deep as how the other might think.
“They soundamazingand really like a normal human.. Oh! And more thing, what about expired Griftia?”
The girl’s enthusiasm and excitement brought yet another smile to his lips. It was honestly pretty cute and rather endearing, and it certainly managed to remove any tenseness in the atmosphere that there could have been.
“Heh, a-alright then. I suppose there’s no harm in doing so.”
┈┊ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ!
“I will invite you to my tea time and stuff too! So you can enjoy your time here!”
Meanwhile, Kongou was too busy mending her own thoughts filled with list of thing she can do. For sure it involves tea time (again), sortie, and don’t forget the expedition. Wait, there is something else that she should be worrying about… Obviously, it’s about him.
“It slipped away from my mind but where are you from, Kazu?”
So, the request is, for Isla to tell about herself to the brunette? Not that the Giftia minded it, though. Still, she wouldn’t describe everything more than who and what she is.
“Isla is my name. I am a Giftia, special-type android who has human heart and human emotion. I work for SAI Terminal Service to retrieve the almost-expired Giftia with Tsukasa Mizugaki as my partner.”
She described all of them with flat tone, in robotic way. Though that sounded weird for an introduction, Isla assumed that it’s an enough description.
┈┊ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ!
It sounds like Kongou was interrogating her but that question is the only thing she can think of.. Especially since she blurted out such false hope a second ago. At least it worked just fine. Back to present, the Battleship registered what the girl said. Rest assured, out of that somehow long sentence she caught those important points and now, she was real intrigued by the girl.
“So, you are an android with human heart and emotion? Half Android and half human? Also, by ‘expired Giftia’ that you mentioned.. Is that mean, there are other Giftia like you?”
At first she was pretty surprised and to the point of not believing… However Isla’s voice convinced her enough.
“Actually, no, but I’ve heard of them from a few people. Honestly, I haven’t actually really seen any of them, so you’re actually the first I’ve met.” Kazuto responds while rubbing the back of his neck. Awkwardly shifting in place, he taps the bottom of his lip before smiling once more.
“Yeah, you’re definitely the first I’ve met. So… it’s an honor, I suppose.”
┈┊ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ!
It’s really an honor for her to be the first one he met. Although her mind already drifted to the point of wanting to introduce him to her sisters and the other ship girls she sees on way. She just couldn’t helped it okay? It’s just… Kongou being overly excited.
“It’s an honor indeed! Alright! Since i’m the first one… I’d like to introduce you to my sisters and the other ship girls!”
She put down her cup and gazed towards the brunette, hoped that it would be real. If she could do something for the sake of the one who had bothered herself to prepared such wonderful-tasted tea and sweet macaroons, Isla will be greatly pleased.
Her eyes are now gazing to the older brunette–human, it seems–in hopeful look, as she waited for a request from the other to do something in particular.
┈┊ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇ!
She nodded her head to ensure the girl. To be honest, what she have in mind… Really is not something big, Kongou simply wanted to take the girl’s offer, because it is not nice to reject someone else’s kindness. Well hopefully this request is enough.. To please her.
“Simple, you see, we don’t have many visitor like you, so i would like to get to know more about you. Is this request sounds okay to you?”
