During one of those days, only Samantha and Jackeline went out for a walk in the afternoon because Aelin and the others (excluding Mat) had already gotten bored. Mat stayed behind to look after them. And yes, the people who were supposed to guide him acted like children, as he had seen many times before, so... it was what it was.
At that moment, they were walking along the boulevard (which wasn't really one) that was a block away from the Plaza de Armas.
It had a view of the river, which... was also eroding the ground, but that's not important for now. At that time, there was no railing.
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“Which one?” – Alaya.
“Which?” – Eliah.
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While they chatted, Samantha found out that Jackeline liked to read and that, before all of this happened, she was studying to be a doctor. Samantha also shared her plans, although she was surprised that neither she nor Mat were studying anything.
Honestly, she seemed a bit disappointed for some reason.
The thing is, in the end, despite Samantha still being a bit wary, they became friends too.
***
Another conversation they had one day when everyone went out happened while they were walking. That day, she was wearing the same clothes she had on when she fought the group.
This happened while they were walking:
“So... what’s up with that outfit?” – Samantha said out of the blue.
“Don’t I look pretty in it? I like it.” – Jackeline replied. “And what about your hair?”
“Eh? Well, I lost a bet with my friends, but in the end, I liked it.” – she answered.
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“What? It doesn’t suit you at all.” – Jackeline said, laughing.
“Hey!” – she protested. “Although... you might be right, I think... haha...”
“Ah, sorry about that, it was a joke, haha... And well... Mathias is the weirdest one here.”
“Yeah, right?”
“What’s up with wearing a long-sleeved, brown fabric shirt with leather patches?”
“I told him, but...” – said Samantha. “He doesn’t care. Though he does look a bit ridiculous.”
“Do you know that I can hear you from here, right?” – Mat said.
“Ah... hahaha...” – Jackeline replied.
She leaned in and whispered in his ear, as if threatening him.
“You didn’t hear anything...”
“Eh? But why do you say it like that? It’s not like you were talking about something private...”
Aelin saw this and looked confused. Samantha seemed puzzled. TRX and the others didn’t care at all.
“Hey, you’re supposed to laugh... Huh? Not even you?” – Jackeline said, the last part directed at Aelin. She added, “Come on, don’t look at me like that...
“Ugh... now I feel like the odd one out...”
***
Another brief conversation they had was while Samantha was with Jackeline in their hotel room:
“So... your ability is to manipulate atmospheric pressure and air components...” – Samantha said.
“Exactly.”
“...That’s way too scary.”
“And very powerful; with the wind, you can cut through almost anything. It’s pretty frightening...”
“Hey, don’t say that...”
“No, I mean... seriously, you could have killed us like it was nothing the other day. Plus...”
“Yeah, I know what I can do with my powers.” – she replied. “That’s what I did to Mat too. I made one of his lungs explode...”
“WHAT!?”
“...Sorry.”
***
One of those days, Jackeline also wanted to know why Mathias and Samantha spoke Spanish, and why they spoke like the locals, so she asked them when they were at the lodging, but they didn’t know why.
“Wait, are you serious?” – Jackeline exclaimed.
“It’s the truth...” – Samantha told her.
“Uh-huh.” – Mat only “said” that.
At that moment, Pointy entered the room where they were to get something from the Infini-bag since he was going out with the others.
“Hey, could you...?”
“Pointy, why do we know Spanish?” – Mat asked him.
“W-what?” – Pointy replied in a strange tone, sounding puzzled.
“Yeah, Pointy, tell us.” – Samantha said. “You’re the one who knows the most here, so we assume you know.”
“Ah, well.” – Pointy said, “It’s because of the frutabel.”
“The what?” – Jackeline asked, confused.
“A fruit we gave you the other day.” – Pointy explained. “It was supposed to be just for the Hero, but since this young lady was also present, we gave it to her so she wouldn’t be at a disadvantage for not knowing how to speak other languages.”
“Wait, really?” – Jackeline said. “Wow... that’s amazing.”
“Errr... no, not at all.” – Samantha said. “It was a weird fruit, and it tasted HORRIBLE. Ugh...”
“Seriously, I almost vomited.” – Mat said.
“Hey!”
“Hahaha.” – Mat laughed.
“Err... So... could I eat one?” – Jackeline asked Pointy.
“No.”
The end.
Ah, and yes. Jackeline asked about Aelin, and Mat and Samantha explained why she was with them, and also told her that TRX and the others were aliens. She was scared about Aelin, but didn’t care about TRX and the others.
I think I mentioned this before... but it doesn’t matter.
By the way, Samantha kept checking her novel. With the Infini-bag, she took it to Iquitos. She edited and added things at night when Aelin, Trixxie, Blocky, and Jackeline were asleep. She felt embarrassed doing it in front of them and didn’t have time the rest of the day. That’s why she was tired almost every day.