Interviewer note: This sounds like an interesting, but difficult, writing challenge. Challenge accepted! Now I need to figure out at least 10 ways for someone to respond when a characters says “Hello”. I am sure at least several responses would be snarky.
Resulting in the following writing exercise: barks for Gondwanaland characters (Tyr, Samaelle, Yumi, Edgar) as NPCs in the starting base. PC is a magic-using Imperial merc, could be any ethnicity - main focus is merc status.
( Stupidity follows. )