what's the history of the world? -- q&a

[Straw]

  [font=trebuchet ms]The first to arrive was Lilja, followed swiftly by Conri. Straw turned her head to glance at Lilja, twitching her ears slightly at the teasing tone- and tilting her head at the question. A crush, as in a romantic attraction? She didn't know anyone here well enough for that, not even the people who had been present when she arrived at Elysium for the first time. "No," she answered with a shrug. "Sorry to disappoint."

  Turning to Conri, she nodded. Favorite color, that was easy. "Blue," she said, adjusting her mask with one paw. "What's yours?" If he didn't know, that was okay; she hadn't known for a long time, up until a few months ago when one cloud-watching day brought an epiphany. To Lilja, she asked, "Favorite thing to read?"