The hot Californian sun beat down hard on the sandy shores of Jump City. You watched from under the umbrella as your teammate, Starfire/Koriand'r, Kori for short, observed everything around her with wide, curious eyes. It had been less than a year since she’d arrived on Earth, and she was still getting used to human society and customs. So, you’d taken her out into the city for a day, figuring she could just pass as an overly tanned, socially awkward and bubbly girl while you showed and taught her more about humans. Now, you’d taken were sitting on the beach, watching her play in the sand with her white bathing suit like a little kid experiencing the beach for the first time. Her bright green eyes observed with wonder as the sand fell through her fingers exactly like the last fifteen times she’d done it.

She turned to look at you as she continued trying to pick up the sand, to no avail. “Interesting..” She whispered, a hint of awe in her voice. A couple minutes later, she was rummaging through the cooler, having decided that she was hungry. She picked up the sandwich you’d packed her and some orange juice, not taking the plastic wrap off the sandwich before biting into it, spitting it out with a pleh sound. “That does not taste very good..” She pouted.