[It was unlikely to be the same building. They would most likely have run into each other in the hallways at least once or twice. And while Karen was the youngest of her family, none of her siblings were a great deal older. Thankfully, it seems a case of crisis averted.]

You live in the same area? I suppose that would make the move easier.

[She would not have been surprised if she didn't get any response to her question, nor would she have been offended. But she did, and it brings up some personal feelings. Her fingers are tapping at her phone at a rapid pace the moment she finishes reading it.]

I understand that feeling. My parents don't know anything about LLENN. Not about the game I play, and not about her in the Dream Sphere either. I don't think they would be mad, but I still worry if the rest of my family would approve. They were shocked when I did something as minor as cut my hair.

[She hesitates for a moment, and then adds a single line of text.]

There is another option if you can't afford to move out on your own.