Stavanger Bay there'd be swimming pools filled by models

dalia giggled, shaking her head. he was so strange-- in a good way. so awkward. dalia wondered why he was so nervous. 

"it's okay," she reassured him, "there's a group of us-- we plan on claiming this land soon but for now we're just in the area." that was true enough. to herself, dalia made note to ask when this would all become a reality. she'd pledged her allegiance time and time again to ford, who always seemed to question it, but not yet had they seemed to settle down officially. she wondered when it'd happen. 

and then, she wondered if absolute had been by drageda. she wanted to ask, but she didn't. it would be weird if she did. "are you continuing south?" she asked him instead.