Woolly Magic

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[When the feed starts, there is a gentle bleating and a rather harried looking Hibiki on the screen. Around her head, an agitated hummingbird zips around. Now, what could this possibly be about?]

U-umm... On the way to the hospital, I saw a lot of sheep eating away at the plants, and I thought I could feed them a little treat. To thank them for clearing the way. But...

[Her head dips and she moves the screen, giving a great view of a small flock of sheep that are happily following her.]

Th-they won't stop following me! What should I do? I don't think I can take them to the hospital with me...

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[Around the city, you may encounter Hibiki and her hummingbird buddy doing one of two things!

A. Dashing from one end of the street to the other, followed closely by the sheep, or

B. Sitting down for a break from all that running around, still surrounded by said sheep who are now nudging her affectionately. The little guys sure are attached to her for some reason!]

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I'm letting you down now. [He warns her before gently setting her back on the ground and crossing his arms. Aw, that sheep doesn't look so bad, does it...]

I guess we can say goodbye to this one now.

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Okay!

[She's more than ready to be back on solid ground again, although she does turn to look at the sheep properly.]

...Mm. If it's just one, I should be able to leave it behind.

[The sheep gives a 'baa', and judging by her expression, Hibiki feels a little bad about this...]

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[He laughs.]

It'll probably go back where it came from now. Or it'll go look for the other sheep.

[...And hopefully stay with them...]

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I hope it can find its friends again... It looked like they got split up while they kept following us.

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[A pause, where he crosses his arms.] Most of them were running in the same direction though, right? This guy's friends have got to be looking for it.

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Oh... That's true!

Then they'll all definitely be able to find each other!

[Since Vyse says so, after all!]

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[He totally believes that'll happen anyway!! Not like he knows anything...]

Yeah! So don't worry. They all probably just wanna get back home together.

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And then they can all eat together, like a family!

[Wow that sure jumped quickly.]

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[He laughs.] Yeah, but not the treats you gave them!

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Eheheh... I didn't realize they would like those oatmeal bars so much.

[She'll never try to feed them the things ever again.]

And I don't think I'll try feeding any of the other animals, either. But there's so much grass, I'm sure they'll all have plenty to eat!

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I wouldn't have thought they'd like 'em so much either. [A pause.] But I guess I don't know that much about what sheep like to eat either...

[Then he brightens, laughing again!] Yeah, they've got plenty of that now!

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Yeah... I don't know too much about sheep, so I just thought it was the closest thing to animal food the store would have.

[She looks kind of sheepish embarrassed? Yeah let's go with that instead.]

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They still liked it though, huh? They were probably really happy you gave those to them!

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They really wouldn't stop following me, so... they must have been!

[At least someone was happy for it!]

Come to think of it... I wonder if anybody else has been having trouble with the animals, too?

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[There's a pause, before he smiles sheepishly awkwardly.] I've heard a few people complaining about some of these animals, but...

Nothing like this!

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Nobody's gotten hurt or anything... have they?

[Worry worry fret fret!]

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[A shake of his head. And a smile!] Don't worry. I haven't heard about anyone getting hurt.

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[Her relief is obvious.]

That's good. Some of the animals are really big, so I was worried...

[Even if you aren't Hibiki, camels can be tall!]

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[He laughs and crosses his arms.] Yeah, some of the animals here are really strange, too.

But they didn't hurt anyone.

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That's good...

I've only heard of a lot of these animals before... It's my first time seeing many of them.

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[Nod nod nod.] I'd never even heard of some of these before. There were a few that kind of looked like some animals back home... But they were really different up close!

Do they have them in your world then?

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Yes, I think we have at least some of them in my world!

They're only a little similar to the ones from your home, then...? Like which ones?

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Really? That's amazing! [He laughs... then stops, frowning slightly, and scratches at his cheek.]

So you know what they're called, huh? I didn't really know the names of some of the animals here... Like the ones that looked like Dhabus.

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What do Dhabus look like? Are they big like the camels or oxen...?

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[He nods. What in the world is a camel...] Yeah, they're big. And they've got these humps on their backs.