"Oh, they're scary looking! But you have control here, you said, so I'm not afraid. In a way, they kind of remind me of some strange creatures from an anime," she laughed, delighting in taking back her ID card. And, with the explanation, waves it a bit in her hand.

"They're so strange, I just want to talk to them and figure out how they think! Isn't it curious? Not quite people, not someone with a heart, but there they are anyway - pondering and part of this whole place anyway."

Walking, talking ideas...! The cognitive realm is fascinating. Ichinose found herself peeking around the Shadow's shoulder at the strange screen it was interfacing with, chuckling between humming her favorite song as she recognized some symbols amidst the complete chaos of what someone only really thought a computer screen full of information should show.

Was her EMMA more obviously code in the Metaverse? Oh, she WISHED she'd taken the plunge to go look. Maybe once she was back in the real Japan, she would see if EMMA was looking for help. Her baby's code... maybe it had an expanded back-end in the cognitive realm that was imperceptible in reality.

"So-- how am I logged right now? As a guest? A patient? Or have I earned the honor of being a fellow researcher? Hahaha!"