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BWI Portalocity Lounge | Saturday Morning

One of the very few perks of having a meteorologist for a mother was that Amy could almost always avoid weather-related flight delays by relying on her mom for information. That was usually very convenient, but today it meant that due to anticipated late morning storms in northern Texas, Amy had been forced to fly in at ass o'clock in the morning so that she wouldn't run the risk of missing the bus to school. So it looked like she was the first person to reach the Fandom High banner in the airport lounge, and while Amy had always had hopes of one day winning a race, this wasn't quite what she had had in mind.

Armed with an overstuffed duffel bag and her favorite pair of sweatpants (they were decorated with little cartoon strips of bacon!), Amy stifled a heavy yawn and parked herself in a distant corner of the lounge where she could wait for more people to show up.

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"I don't know much about America," Anna said. "Or Germany. I don't ... get out much. I have some catching up to do."

But even she knew how to introduce herself, so she dropped a curtsy. "Anna, of Arendelle," she said. "I like horseback riding and going on adventures and making friends."

She was very, very new to making friends, but it was one of her favorite things nonetheless.

"That's why I got sent here," she added. "So I could meet people."

It was a little more complicated than that, but it was true enough, for now.

"I like making friends as well," Hanna confided, her smile widening a little. Her hand went to the friendship bracelet Sophie had given her, and she nodded solemnly, then bowed back to Anna without missing a beat. Perhaps that was the custom here? "I have not been around horses. Are they much like caribou? Or elk?"

"They're a lot like elk," Anna said eagerly. "I mean, same-ish shape and size? None of the big antlers, though. But they're gentle and really friendly, at least, the ones we had were. You can climb onto them and ride, and they go so fast that it feels like you're flying."

Note: Anna had never actually been on any motorized vehicles before, what with being from Fake-Norway in the past.

"I think I would like that," Hanna said, a little breathless, the frowned. "Although perhaps while wearing a protective suit. Or very many furs. Are you certain of this? Because what I read in the Encyclopedia did not make it sound as if horses were able to reach speeds of over 1800 kilometers per hour."

...small talk, not Hanna's strong point.

Anna was not exactly sure what a kilometer was. But that sounded like a lot.

"It's not dangerous," she said. "I don't -- think they go as fast as that thing you said? Maybe it just seems fast, to me."

Anna's frame of reference was relatively small, after all.

Oh. An exaggeration. Hanna was terrible at those, but she was getting better. "Perhaps?" she offered, then added, "But observation and experimentation would be one way to find out."

Clearly, they needed to track down some horses. Just to be sure. "I have never heard of Arendelle before." It hadn't been in the Encyclopedia. But then, neither had the internet.

"I'm starting to think I went kind of far away," Anna said sheepishly. "Because I've never heard of Texas, or Germany, or this America place, either. I'm still going to be able to get home, right?"

"I think so. Unless someone tries to stop you." Hanna's lips quirked a little. "But I can not think why anyone would."

It wasn't like Anna had some super-secret organization after her, or anything.

"We would just have to retrace your steps." She frowned. "And possibly find another... purple thing."

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