Get to Know Solar Prophet

Part 9 of the "Know Your Rangers" series, originally published here on March25/2015. 
Author's note: "Because shmoo92 asked."
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'Uh oh,' whispers Iipya.
Chaska stifles the urge to look up. ‘We’re spotted?’
‘Uh huh.’
They scan for escape routes.
They’re surrounded.
‘Crap,’ they say together.
‘I told you shopping was a bad idea,’ Iipya hisses.
‘But you wanted to get out, too!’
‘We shoulda gone somewhere deserted.’
‘Hmmph.’ Chaska crosses her arms. ‘There aren’t bookstores in the mountains.’
‘That’s what the internet is for.’
‘You can’t browse properly on the internet.’
‘You don’t have to dodge them on the internet!’
The threat closes in.
‘Crap,’ they say together.
‘Brace for impact.’
‘Contact in three, two ….’
They put on their most engaging smiles.
A flock of schoolchildren envelopes them.
«Oh my god! It’s really you!» squeaks the nearest.
«Yep!» Iipya and Chaska reply. «It’s really us!»
«That’s so cool!»
«Can you sign this for me?»
«Of course!» says Iipya.
«Line up, please, and no shoving,» adds Chaska.
The kids queue immediately.
Iipya and Chaska pull sharpies from their pockets, movements perfectly synced.
«Whoa.»
«We could do that even before we were Rangers.»
«That’s amazing!»
Chaska smiles indulgently, signs a notebook.
«EEEEEEE! Thank you!» 
«You’re welcome.»
«You’re so pretty!»
«Well, so are you!» Iipya pats a brunet head.
«I wanna be a Jaeger pilot, too.»
«Then study hard in school. You need good grades to get into the Ranger program.»
«Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod!»
«Breathe, honey. No need to pass out.»
An immense breath.
Chaska and Iipya sign the final autograph and wave to the departing (and elated) kids.
‘We survived,’ sighs Iipya.
‘And it was totally worth it.’
Iipya raises an eyebrow. ‘Thought you hated being mobbed like that.’
‘I do, but I found this!’ Chaska holds up a book.
‘"Theoretical Methods of Artificial Gravity Generation.“ Sounds like a relaxing bit of light reading.’
‘Exactly! I’ve been looking for this for-ev-er, but it’s out of print.’
‘And that’s worth dealing with the horde of shrieking fankids.’
‘The ego-stroking is nice, too.’
‘Good point.’
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