[there's a good few minutes before she responds. when she does, it's with a video of her own. she is a young woman, with shaggy black hair and pointed ears, and a metal right arm]

"And this is mine. So, what's the story? Magical accident, curse, AI, or what?"

[her tone is friendly, commiserating, like someone who is determined to take even the weirdest of shit in stride, because experience has taught her there's no point doing otherwise.]