"Oh...h-hello, T'jul." Tayika said, eyeing the green-rider, smiling. He smiled back at her and waved. Tayika sighed. He doesn't even notice me. She said to Mmnommith.
      He does too. He's just too shy. Llehilleth told me so.
      "Oh she did, did she?" Tayika asked. She sighed. Her best friend had decided to remain in the First Pass. Which had made Tayika feel very lonely indeed. For it meant that now, in the Ninth Pass, there was no funny Alema to crack jokes of anymore, nor was there and Alema to take pictures with anymore. She was dead and gone by now and the thought made Tayika feel odd. Espeially since she did not have memory of Alema growing old.