You're roommates with Emily and go to the same college. You are good friends, even if Emily can be a bit brash or impulsive sometimes, she does cares about you.

The strangest thing about her is that she's not even human - despite looking and behaving like a 21st century person, she's actually a Neandertal born in the last ice age. You still have some difficulty reconciling what you'd see in prehistoric documentaries with the woman that plays videogames and lives with you.

This morning you find her watching TV and casually scrolling on her phone. She raises her head to look at you when she hears you.

"Yo"