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[ Lottie is just about as obsessed with her new polaroid as she is herself, which makes for a fun combination talking a walk around town and just snapping random photos. She's brought a tote bag to hang on her shoulder, various little photos shoved inside. Without any worries of running out of film she's been on a warpath, effectively cementing everything inside her bag of goodies.

Which is why she doesn't particularly notice the man who has been intensely staring at her. Only notices his presence after the image develops on the picture and she sees.. Yup. Dimitri just unintentionally dogging her with his single eye in front of the pretty, festive, display she meant to photograph.

For a second, she looks confused. Concerned?

Then intrigued.

Then concerned again, before lifting her head up to try and find him. ]

[ Dimitri isn't out to do anything in particular; he's running a personal errand, little more, and taking in the sights of Springstar. It helps keep him centered. What grabs his attention about Lottie is the strange device she seems to be pointing at things - or really, him, from his perspective. He blinks at the sound of a little click and something... spits out of the box? He hovers for a moment, quite taken by it for a moment, but unsure of what to say.

Oh, he's been caught. He lifts a hand, as if to ward off an objection as she looks up to see him. ]

...apologies, I didn't mean to stare. I just - I don't know what that is.

[ The hand does help. Lottie is obscenely flighty, especially with people she doesn't know, so she stays still as he starts. And.. What he says certainly isn't what she expected?! She really needs to remember that not everyone is from 2019. ]

..You mean, this?

[ She brings up the polaroid that she's been holding onto, the image still fading into existence as they speak. And then, she switches — brings up the actual camera itself into view (its pink, with white accents detailing the lens of the camera, itself). ]

Or this?

Well... either of them, really.

[ He smiles sheepishly. ]

You seemed to be pointing it at me - or what was behind me - and - is it some kind of lens? Or telescopic device?

[ That's the closest thing he can think of. The idea of just generating images out of virtually nothing (to his eye) just doesn't occur to him. ]

[ Oh.. Telescopic device. He must be super old. Not old currently, just time wise (she's come to accept timey-wimey shenanigans at this point fairly easily). She approaches, a little closer, tentatively holding up the camera first. Her nails taps at the lens. ]

Kind of? I guess it's the same concept as a telescope but it doesn't zoom in.. You can look through it on the other side [ she flips it around to show him where your eye goes!! ] and you can see what you'll.. Capture.

[ She tucks her hair behind her ear. ]

And I was just getting the stuff behind you. I didn't even notice you at first until I looked at the pic!

Oh-

[ He hesitantly bends down a bit to get a glimpse of the lens with his good eye, looking rather curious. Capture? How does it capture something? ]

It... creates pictures? [ He grasps that concept easily enough. And he's more than a little amazed as he glances at the polaroid. Baffled, awed, curious. It's a mixture of emotions. ]

But - how does it do that? It's certainly not paint. And it looks so real. Like a moment snatched out of time.

[ It isn't paint, and it looks real because in a way it is. Documenting one wild moment of both their lives, with Lottie taking the photo and Dimitri unintentionally posing for it. She can explain how it does it later (does she know the science behind it?? Nope! Will she pretend like she does?? Yes!), right now she gently offers him the photo in question. ]

Feel it. It's way different than what you're expecting.

[ Dimitri is fascinated. He takes the glossy photo carefully and holds it between his fingers, tentatively feeling the surface. It's... reflective. Some kind of film? Not glass, certainly. He's still puzzling over it when he replies. ]

That's... fascinating. If I didn't know better, I'd say it was magic.

[ Although a part of him still thinks of it as such. ]

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