Saira was still at that same table, the same one Shai had first seen her at. she too was in uniform this time, her blouse pulled slightly from how she was leaning back in her seat. In fact, it almost looked like Saira was a bit too relaxed, a book wedged in front of her face almost like a mask. It seemed to be a thick book, bound heavy in an obviously antique style. The title was... something in Latin, so it wasn't quite discernible to Shai.

Saira was researching. It was, perhaps, her natural pasttime, and it was very comfortable, too. She seemed very at ease, even as she consulted lists of demons, monsters, and other arcane lore, searching for previously-existing bases for the monsters she sees in the present day. But even the serenity of such peaceful reading can be interrupted. The sounds of a lot of sheafs of paper and furious scribbling caught her attention!

Lowering the book, Saira was greeted by all sorts of strange sights. The designs for the nanites. The scrawled notes that were being rapidly written out and seemingly categorized. Then as she looked up further... the pale, white-haired girl behind all of this. In some respects she had an almost unearthly quality from Saira's point of view. It was as if she wasn't quite a normal girl like most of the other people she ran into here. No, this person seemed... intense. And it was from the sense of bewilderment, maybe even awe, that Saira drew the tone for her first words to Shai.

"Ah... What are you doing?"

Saira was still trying to read, make out, or otherwise decipher all the papers being shuffled in front of her, even while Shai was busy making her response. Then, in a flash (to her), the design sheet came into a much more viewable distance. Of course, Saira made it a point to look at it... though all she could really get from it was the general idea of the thing's shape. She was a social, not physical, scientist after all!

She seemed to be staring raptly at it, as if awed by it yet still confused. Some of the general premises and ideas of the device, the girl in front of her, even just what was going on all at once? Seemed... odd. Almost fantastical. But she was used to fantastic by now. In a school like this, the fantastic and bizarre were just about commonplace. But, when she spoke - with a certain curious tone - Saira did eye a more mundane oddity. That bottle.

"...Really? There's someone able to... research that here? I didn't think the school had that kind of funding!"

Saira quietly thought about whether it would even allow that kind of research, but like all unfamiliar girls she kept some things hidden. She knew that she had a tendancy to meet those who had similar experiences here... what a euphemistic way to put it... but she never was too sure. She didn't want to hint at it to someone the school had marked as an 'innocent'. It'd just get her noticed.

"Well, I mean, if it's true, that'd be pretty cool I'd guess! But... Er... If you don't mind my asking, what's it supposed to do exactly?"

She still glanced at the pillbottle when she could, trying to see if there was a legible label on it. But... now that her book was down and out of her field of vision, Saira also paid more attention to Shai herself. There was something strange about the way she looked to Saira, though the girl couldn't quite put her finger on how. Maybe it was just the extreme paleness - was she an albino or close to it? - but she seemed... strange. Exotic. And beautiful because of it... Though even after Linnis, after all sorts of stranger times where she felt that kind of thing about a girl... Saira was a bit too nervous to want to dwell on it. It was strange to think about, wasn't it?

Saira caught the pillbottle, regarding it. No... discernible label. No... clue...

Wait.

She looked at the schematics once again, more closely. Then the girl's eyes turned to the pillbottle again. But of course. Nanites are tinier than any visible object, after all. And if these were meant to target nerve clusters or whatever it was she had meant to say... Then a pill might be the most logical way - scratch that, the most comfortable way - to deploy the little buggers.

After having gone through that in her head, Saira turned back her full attention to Shai. Her first comment, admittedly, was a bit sarcastic.

"Somehow that doesn't reassure me about what the pamphlet said..."

But then her tone became a bit more interested, though curious. Maybe even suspicious. No, no. Not suspicious. But... exploratory. She was searching for a clear answer.

"But that's neither here nor there. So... sense of touch? What would... what would you use that for? Is this just experimental, to prove that you can? Or... I mean, don't get me wrong, I've read enough about it to get how impressive nanotech that can actually do something to the body is. But... I'm kinda baffled at what these were made for."

As if an underwhelming counterpoint, to all of that explanation... to all of the reveries and reminisces, to the detail information and the careful exploration of what the nanites were capable of... Saira had only one thing to say, at least at first.

"Ah."

But as she reclined back in her seat to think about it further, more words came. She seemed... curious. Strangely curious.

"So, erogenous zones... ecstasy... You accidentally programmed them as some kind of... uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but neurological pleasure... stimulant... thing? I... I'm sorry, my major is anthropology, I don't know all the right terms for these things."

Saira leaned back even more, thinking. She looked like she was thinking, though not as much so as before.

"But if that could instead work to actually augment or replace the nervous system in places where it failed? That'd be... amazing. And... it's..."

For all of her pauses and awkward speech, Saira did seem to be attempting to make some sort of emphasis there. Her tone seemed almost warm. Happy, in a deeper sense of the word.

"...It's really nice of you to help someone like that."

But in a few seconds, the moment was gone. Something else was there. A question at the back of her mind decided to come forwards.

"Er. Why are you telling me all this anyway? Aren't I a complete stranger?"

Saira slowly nodded as Shai went through her reasons. So the designs were patented? Interesting... That and that she seemed really involved in her work. Study? Whichever. But nonetheless, the tanned girl reclined in her seat some, pursing her lips a bit in thought. And then Shai said something else.

That she was lonely. This immediately made Saira's face turn down a little bit in... pity? Sympathy? Either way, her tone showed it, seeming more... 'awww...' and possessed of whichever of those two emotions it was.

"Aw, you're lonely?... Yeah, I... I get that sometimes, too. I'm not very good at meeting new people, so I spend a lot of time alone in my room. Did you want some company for a little while? I mean, I understand how it can be, living with only your work around you. We could watch a movie or go on a walk, or even just hang out! Something to make you feel better?"

Saira smiled slightly at the acceptance of her invitation, though perhaps she didn't quite get the sense of what Shai was getting at... and she also had no clue about Shai's disappointment at getting the wrong reaction. It was just... how Saira was, maybe. Trying to be nice and do good things made sympathy for the lonely - which she was at times - more natural!

But, standing up straight with one smooth motion, the girl gestured towards Shai to do the same. Holding her chin slightly, Saira tried to think of what the best option would be... then with a snap of her fingers, she got it! Maybe it wasn't quite what Shai's little plans might have held, but... it made the most sense to Saira. Shai needed a break from thinking and being alone!

"Alright... how about we go take a walk around the campus? That should help clear your mind!"

For a brief second, Saira noticed something odd about Shai. Was it the seeming pause to breathe?... Or maybe was it the oddly-enticing shift in her body? Saira blushed slightly at even noticing it, her time with Linnis sort of... affected her. She'd been looking at the other girls' bodies more than she used to. She... Saira knew that in some ways she had already been a little curious about them, but it was actually being exposed to it that had really given her enough pause to actually start thinking about... things.

But she tried to push those thoughts to the back of her mind. After all, this was just a little lunch and then a nice walk, right? But... with a smile, a fairly wide (for her, Saira had softly-shown emotions most of the time) smile, she replied back.

"Ah, sure! I haven't eaten THAT long ago but I wouldn't mind snacking while you had lunch. Lead the way!"