[ ...so that's a whole Big Story, is it? Nina tucks it away to ask later. She's curious, but she's not on mission here. She doesn't need to steal anything, trick it out of someone, manipulate them into a position, a choice. It's as terrifying as it is freeing, and she is determined to at least try just being herself.

...what are Grisha. What a question. What a strange thing, to be given the opportunity to define it to someone, instead of simply dealing with preconceptions and prejudice. ]

Grisha are people who are born with the ability to manipulate part of what already exists. We call it the Small Science. There are those of us who can manipulate the elements, or different materials -- Saints, a Fabrikator here would work wonders, -- or even the human body.

[ She waits, she watches for a reaction. ]