[ BUT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO CATCH 'EM ALL :( ]

... sorry. Probably not the best thing to ask right now, huh?

[ she pauses, fidgeting a little before deciding to plough on. ]

Y'mind if I ask ya somethin'? I'm just wonderin' if there's a chance my friends turned up before I did. Ya seen or heard someone called Mitsuru Kirijo around?