[He gives her one last steadying brace, pats her shoulder, and politely withdraws. Now he's nice about it.]
All that was just a joke, by the way. I'm not actually the mascot! I'm another otherworlder like you. But I do act as an envoy between us and the natives, and I've been here since they started bringing us in to help, so I know my way around! And I'm obviously even cuter than any mascot they could come up with . . . so, I'll accept this role!
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[He gives her one last steadying brace, pats her shoulder, and politely withdraws. Now he's nice about it.]
All that was just a joke, by the way. I'm not actually the mascot! I'm another otherworlder like you. But I do act as an envoy between us and the natives, and I've been here since they started bringing us in to help, so I know my way around! And I'm obviously even cuter than any mascot they could come up with . . . so, I'll accept this role!