Akia looked up at Shiro. "Oh, so that's your ability? That's pretty cool. It must be really useful," she said, half talking to herself, "All I can do is talk to marine animals. What fun is that? It's not like I can talk to goats..."

She quickly put on a smile and continued, "Well, thanks! We're going to be the best roommates ever! Let's go! The fifteen minutes is almost up!" She hurried down the stairs, checking to see that Shiro was following her. Once she skipped the last few steps and landed with a soft thud, she saw that Roberto was all ready there. 

"Hey! I forgot to introduce myself, didn't I?" [i]Stupid me.[/i] "My name's Akia Thakrar. Yours is Roberto, right? That's what Alex called you."