"OK, Clara," she said. "You can just call me Leia." She liked it when grown-ups did that. Being called 'Your Royal Highness', 'Little Ma'am', 'Milady', or 'Princess' by everyone got surprisingly tiresome after awhile.
She nodded. "I think it's more the Orakalla that does that," she said. "Nobody seems to know why it started doing it, not even the Owmi, but I think there must be a reason."
"I've been here...", she had to pause a moment to do a bit of mental arithmetic, "about nine months now I think. It's a little hard to tell sometimes, since the Owmi use a different calendar than we do back home. But I do know my way around really well. 'Specially after that essperiment I worked on a while back; I had to go all over the place to do that."
"Anyway, it's this way," Leia said, starting off down the hall a few steps and gesturing for Clara to follow. "Just follow me!"
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She nodded. "I think it's more the Orakalla that does that," she said. "Nobody seems to know why it started doing it, not even the Owmi, but I think there must be a reason."
"I've been here...", she had to pause a moment to do a bit of mental arithmetic, "about nine months now I think. It's a little hard to tell sometimes, since the Owmi use a different calendar than we do back home. But I do know my way around really well. 'Specially after that essperiment I worked on a while back; I had to go all over the place to do that."
"Anyway, it's this way," Leia said, starting off down the hall a few steps and gesturing for Clara to follow. "Just follow me!"