When she responded, they heard a basic built-in tone go off, and he checked his phone.

"Oh, cool." he said.

"And... well, if you don't mind, I'd like to join you." he told her.

"I don't have anything else going on..." he admitted.

"And I should get to know this place better, as well as the people."

"That's good to know." Emerald replied.

"...uh... so how did you come to be here?" he asked.

"I know this place has all kinds, but they all have to come from somewhere. They needed to have found this place through some way." he went on.

"What's YOUR story?" he asked.

"Why are you here?"

"Oh, well, that's good." Emerald replied.

"I mean, not good that you got in a wreck." he then said, before pausing.

"Wait." he muttered.

"A wreck?" he asked.

"In what?" he asked her.

"What were you driving at the time of the wreck?"

"...." Emerald was silent for a moment.

"A... motorcycle?" he asked.

He then thought once more, before he snapped his fingers.

"Oh!" he exclaimed.

"Yeah!" he said.

"I've never been on a motorcycle before, so I'd love to ride on one!" he told her.

"I've heard that they were amazing to drive and ride on." he added, his enthusiasm plain as day.

Emerald paused when she asked her question.

"Ah..." he stammered, before sighing.

"I... I don't know." he said.

"I can't really answer that question, unless you answer one of mine." he told her.

He then paused for another moment, looking right at her.

"...what's a 'horse'?"

He accepted the phone, and looked at the pics.

"Oh!" he said.

"Equists!" he said further.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've seen these before." he told her.

"I like them. Never ridden on one, but I like them." he said further, returning the phone to her.

"So they're called 'horses' here." he then mumbled.

"Need to remember that..." he told himself.

"Well, as soon as it's convenient for you." Emerald replied.

"I mean, I know you must be busy and stuff, and I don't want to intrude on that." he went on.

"But... but, well... I need to... learn all I can about this world, seeing as I now live here." he reasoned.

"And you seem like someone that really knows the world." he continued.

"I'd really like to spend more time with you." he said further.

"....to learn." he quickly said after a pause.

He followed her down the hall, and paused for a moment.

"All right." he said.

"And...a ribbon?" he asked.

"From R&D?" he asked further.

"Why? Is it... special or something?"

"....oh. I see." Emerald replied.

"Well... that makes sense." he admitted.

"Fair enough." he shrugged.

"So... how do you eat like that?" he then asked.

"If there's a disconnect between your head and body, how does food go into your stomach?" he asked further.

"Or... do you even eat?"

Emerald was silent as the exchange took place, before he followed Rylie to the chairs.

"Hey." he said.

"Who was that?" he asked.

"I've seen her around a few times, but... well, okay, maybe twice." he then admitted.

"Does she spend all her time in here or something?" he asked.

"Because the people here seem to really know her and like her... but I never see her anywhere."