[IC] backdated to Wednesday the 27th

[a_holy_oak]

[because things happen even when you're on hiatus! WHICH IS TO SAY, today Hakuren is at the churchshack, having decided to work there instead of the library today]

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[a_mighty_oak]

[WELL THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE I'M SURE THE LIBRARY WOULD NOT APPRECIATE ME LOUDLY POUNDING ON YOUR DOOR]

HAKUREN!!

[a_mighty_oak]

[well, I'm not going to say something first]

[a_holy_oak]

[I can wait]

[a_mighty_oak]

[...fine. mumbles]

Stop it... I said you should go talk to Mikage if you like him so much...

[a_holy_oak]

He's my friend, certainly, but you're family.

[a_mighty_oak]

[laughs bitterly and softly]

But didn't you hear, that Papa and Mama can have another child just as easily...

[a_holy_oak]

Even if they did, that hardly replaces you.

[a_mighty_oak]

Are you sure?

[a_holy_oak]

Of course I'm sure. No one life is intrinsically more valuable than another.

[a_mighty_oak]

It would be a shame if they had to repeat all of these years of hard work...

[a_holy_oak]

But you'd have a cute younger sibling ...

[a_mighty_oak]

That's not what he was talking about.

[a_holy_oak]

I know. Even so.

[a_mighty_oak]

What if he's right...

[a_holy_oak]

What's that?

[a_mighty_oak]

What can I do that another Oak couldn't...