Rose must have meant Dirk, since the other boy was still here. Kanaya nodded. "I am. I seem to have dreamt there for much longer than some of the others, so it was quite a revelation to encounter people who shared my experiences in the beautiful golden world as I had never imagined that it was anything more than an elaborate fantasy I had constructed over the years to satisfy my subconscious desire for sunlight even when dead to the more widely known reality."

She chuckled. "That's Karkat, who I may have mentioned to you before as he's been a dear friend to me for years, and while he is meant to be instructing us, I have previously taken some basic defense classes so I can attempt to relate the knowledge to you if you're amenable even if the experience isn't the most applicable and I'm not the most qualified to do so."

It was nice to speak with Rose casually again.