"It's...close enough. The face is the same. The glasses, the hair. I made my avatar taller than myself, though. For my first few days in the world, I felt like I had to learn to walk again. It was harder for a friend of mine, Akatsuki. She got caught in an avatar that was the wrong gender altogether. Luckily, I had a potion to fix it for her."

He shakes his head, remembering the screams Akatsuki let out as she was transformed.

"Anyway, someone else mentioned the ship politics. Cliques who don't all mingle? Distrust being a big thing?"