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UNIT № 1 0 7
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[battering]

Seriously? You've never had ice cream?

[ Priorities! ]

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[redsea]

No. What is it? Do you have it in Japan?

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[battering]

Holy shit. Kou-chan, let's go. [ He stands!! ] We're getting you some right now! Ice cream is great, but you really have to taste it for yourself to understand it.

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[redsea]

Huh!? [ Stands up, but for different reasons. ] But, eating cold food in cold weather... [ doesn't make sense. ]

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[battering]

Ice cream's good any time! But if you get too cold, I'll warm you up? [ by starting a fire. ]

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[redsea]

No! [ She covers her face with her hands and turns the other direction. What's with this sudden development!? Just thinking about it is making her blush.

Kougyoku, you're embarrassing. ]

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[battering]

... No? [ What was even going on anymore. ]

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[redsea]

... I'm not ready for ice cream. [ stop

she wants to change the topic now but she doesn't know how ]

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[battering]

Oh... okay?

[ Culture shock? About ice cream... Yata shrugs and sits back down. Kougyoku was weird and he was surprised he still wasn't used to it. That was it!!!

... but now he doesn't know what else to say since he feels awkward after getting all excited to show her something new, so he's back to just staring at the walls. ]

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[redsea]

[ It's the beginning of forward Yata... She has to be careful.

She glances at him, then stares at the walls like he is. He seemed like he really wanted to take her to eat ice cream. ]

...but when the snow stops or if we go someplace warmer, we must have some. Ice cream, that is.

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[battering]

[ Forward Yata: the AU. ]

Sounds good... maybe we can do stuff that they only have where you're from, too.

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[redsea]

[ the AU... Kougyoku looks distressed. ]

I don't know if they have them here... Do you think Exsilium has flying carpets?

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[battering]

[ Flying carpets... real life Disney princess Kougyoku Ren. ]

Uh, maybe. I mean, I haven't seen any, but maybe someone's got some hidden. [ a beat, and he laughs, ] You really have those?

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[redsea]

We really do! Do you think I'm lying? How else was I supposed to get around? Carpets are just... faster!

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[battering]

I don't think you're lying! It's just cool, that's all. How different both places are.

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[redsea]

Yeah, it is. I wish I could show you my world. The truth is, I haven't seen a lot of it. [ even though her brother wants to conquer the world ] But if you were with me, we could sneak out. Then we could go to all sorts of places together!

[ A whole new world on a magic carpet ride. ]

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[battering]

Do you think maybe they'd let us visit? They have all this stuff that lets us travel to different places, right? Aah, it'd be great if I could spend a few days in your world and then we could just jump over back and forth so I could show you around Japan.

[ He sighs, a hopeful smile making its way across his features at the thought. If only. ]

Sneaking out though, huh... who knew you were such a troublemaker, Kou-chan? [ He approves. ]

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[redsea]

The palace is so boring! Can you truly blame me? [ a sigh. ] I wish they did. It would be nice... I mean, I've already been to Japan, but it isn't the same as your Japan, is it?

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[battering]

If you've never had ice cream, then no, probably not the same one. Ah! And you could see Kusanagi-san's bar and meet the rest of HOMRA. I bet Anna would be happy to have another girl around.

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[redsea]

Anna... I, I would love to meet Anna. Tatara's told me many things about her. She is HOMRA's princess, right? A princess so powerful, she can bring even Mikoto down on his knees!

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[battering]

[ Yata laughs, loud and genuine at her wording. ]

That's about right, yeah! Mikoto-san would do anything for her. All of us would. [ nod nod. dumb thicker-than-blood bonds and shit. ]

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[redsea]

[ They really look out for each other, huh... ]

But that is peculiar. Did Mikoto truly have a daughter at such a young age? Is that a custom in Japan?

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[battering]

-- what? Anna's not his daughter... did Totsuka-san say she was?

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[redsea]

No, but... She's your princess... [ Because she's Mikoto's daughter? Right? Maybe she's adopted? This is Totsuka's fault, either way. ]

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[battering]

Mm, that's just a title! She's really cute and little, and she always wears those fancy poofy dresses like one of those princess dolls. She's also the only girl in HOMRA, so I guess we all just started thinking of her that way.

[ It's all Totsuka's fault, yes. ]