Twyla

I'm Twyla. I appreciate your help.

I came here as a geologist with the research task force, but frankly, I can't get off this planet fast enough.

Oh my, don't you look fine in that space suit. You look a whole lot like me!

Wait...what did I just say?!

Excuse me, but maybe you could try not to get my clothes dirty?

You are rather adept at digging, aren't you?

If you promise to try not to get dirt on me,
I might have a use for those excavation skills of yours.

I'm always surprised to see the beautiful things nature makes, like raw materials.

There are still so many things to discover in this universe, aren't there?

The other day, Komo asked me to give her a private lecture about my research.

In her water-quality surveying, the erosion of sedimentary rock due to a river's movement is very important.

That's what I said, anyway. I'm not sure how accurate it was, since I made it up as
I went. It's probably fine... Right?

In our surveys, Komo and I discovered that the planet's soil has water-purifying properties!

Can you believe my research was actually useful for once?

You know what I realized? With everything
I've learned, the work I've done up to now hasn't all been in vain.

Keesh asks me a lot of things about geology. If I don't know the answer,
I've started being honest about it.

I realized that I'm still in the midst of my education too. Going forward, I feel like we have an opportunity to learn together.

It's somewhat overwhelming here because the natural environment is so different, but that means there's research to do.

We have a great opportunity to study this strange planet!

Komo is so sincere about everything.
She even listens attentively when I talk.

I love hearing what she has to say too.
She's become an irreplaceable friend.

My professor encouraged me to come on this expedition, but I feel like I'm starting to understand his reasoning now.

I think he was trying to tell me to go out and get some real-world experience.

I'm always surprised to see the beautiful things nature makes, like raw materials.

There are still so many things to discover in this universe, aren't there?

In our surveys, Komo and I discovered that the planet's soil has water-purifying properties!

Can you believe my research was actually useful for once?

You know what I realized? With everything
I've learned, the work I've done up to now hasn't all been in vain.

Keesh asks me a lot of things about geology. If I don't know the answer,
I've started being honest about it.

I realized that I'm still in the midst of my education too. Going forward, I feel like we have an opportunity to learn together.

The planet is composed of layers. The viscous mantle beneath the outer crust causes it to shift, collide, and uplift...

It's unnerving to think that the land moves.
That would be unheard of back home! What an awesome and terrifying planet!

When I agreed to join the research task force, I really thought I was ready for something like this.

I never dreamed that my knowledge of geology would be so inapplicable on this planet.

I feel as if my professor may have urged me to join the task force to try to teach me some kind of lesson.

I just want to look at pretty rocks and sand in my lab while pondering the geological history that creates a planet.

I have no desire to dig around outside.
My clothes and hands get dirty! Ugh...
It is seriously the worst!

Ugh! I simply can't understand the others in the research task force.

They go on like they don't even know we're shipwrecked! How can they possibly be so calm at a time like this?

That student—Keesh, I think it was—keeps asking geology questions I don't know the answers to.

I've been giving her the slip by making up random excuses for why I can't chat, but what do I do if she keeps coming to me?

Komo's been found too? Oh thank goodness! And I truly mean that.

Even though she's shy like me, when I was feeling alone in the task force, she went out of her way to come speak to me.

Twyla from our task force is quite knowledgeable about geology. She's even given me a private lecture on the subject.

She says there are certain soil types here that act as water-purification systems.
Bringing some home could save my planet.

Twyla is often off by herself. I'm the same way and usually find myself alone.

She's really easy to talk to when we both break out of our shells a bit. I'd probably count her as one of my closest friends.

Twyla from our task force is quite knowledgeable about geology. She's even given me a private lecture on the subject.

She says there are certain soil types here that act as water-purification systems.
Bringing some home could save my planet.