"My name is Conner McKnight, and I'm from Reefside, California. I'd tell you guys that I play s--" He glanced at Nadia, Seras, Peter, and Pippi. Sure, Seras had said she wouldn't get mad, but the cultural terminology ratio was four to one here, and he had kind of promised. "Football, but that's no surprise to anyone by now, probably."

One fact he'd like to share and one he wouldn't? Hmm.

"Well, I have a twin brother named Eric who wanted to be a ninja but flunked out of the academy after a week. And . . ." Conner grinned sheepishly. "I'm hydrophobic, actually."