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✿ Chapter 013 [Audio] (Day 176)

[ There are so many things Hanako would like to say over the network... but there are not enough words. That post during the battle... it became real, after all. The void would be more painful if she didn't rebel and go say goodbye to the girl properly. It's possibly the best decision Hanako ever took in her whole life.

It's audio, and it'll be curtly to the point. ]

To all those who knew her, Nakama-san has gone back to her home world.

Those of you I know, and I didn't have a chance to catch up with during the battle, please contact me. I want to be sure you're all safe and sound.

[ Feed over. She's going to respond in a hour or so, after she's less prone to sulking for the loss. ]

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... Nakama lived with us. If you... or anyone wants to visit her old room, you can. [He's trying to keep a straight face here.]

We still have the dog she named to give away.

I'm going to head over soon.

[ Ah, the dog. ] Aren't you going to keep it?

All right. I'll have tea ready.

[Offscreen, he looks down at the two puppies. Could he keep them both?]

... I have to think about it. We were... ah, we were going to train it to be a therapy dog.

You should keep it to train, for Nakama-san's sake at the very least.

[ She would have wanted that, wouldn't she...? ]

Oh... we never really figured it out. I fought Shou on it to keep the dog, but Nakama's only request...

[Was that they never be too far apart. That family should stay together. Just like their little family. Moreover, just like their little family at Sigyn 104 wasn't anymore.]

Haha... I forgot to... [Forgot to ask. He clicks the feed off as his laughter wavers. He can't. He just can't be the one to despair. He has to be the face for the house in all this.]

[It... takes him a while to pick up where he left off. He's usually better than this, even if he's just pretending to be so strong.]

I... [I'm so sorry. How shameful.] ... sorry.

Did the line drop? I hope nothing happened to you.

[ She's been waiting the whole time, staring down at her bracelet in dullness. ]

Yeah. It dropped. Sorry, Hanako. [He leaves out the part about how he cut it on purpose. This... this hurt. He didn't want everyone under the sun seeing it.]

Nothing happened. Nothing unusual. [Nothing Hanako wasn't also feeling, most likely.]

Ah, sorry, I was a little worried.

[ Quietly. ] If you need time alone, we can end the conversation now.

Ah, no. No need to be. [Except... there's every need to worry. Aren't they all worried? Aren't they all hurt by this? It's cruel. Too cruel.]

... I will... sit in her room for a while. Ah―

One more thing. [He pauses to take a breath.] Are... no. Will you be okay? [Because 'are you okay' is a dumb question. He knows she's not.]

... I will.

[ And then she adds, a couple seconds later- as if that's an afterthought. ] It just takes time.

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✿ Chapter 013 [Audio] (Day 176)

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