...I met her long ago, in the dimension of Anytown. Her name was Kasumi, and she was a jounin-class kunoichi in her home world, a ninja who'd retired from traditional missions in order to take a more active role in governing her village.

I first met her when an environmental phenomenon swept over the world that caused people to fall in love at first sight.


[her smile takes a turn for the sheepish here.]

I was...unprepared.