"Yeah, you could say that." She grinned, all ill will apparently forgotten. "Name's Miko Nakadai; I'm a reporter for the Los Angeles Times!"

She made a couple attempts to climb the tree in order to get more level with him, but ended up mis-stepping each time. "Dammit. Haven't climbed one of these in forever. Uh..."

She settled for standing a bit further back so that she wouldn't have to crane her neck so much. "So what's it like being in the Trailblazers? Must be pretty exciting, obviously, but how much do you guys get to, y'know, do your own thing and decide stuff?"