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[the feed turns on to show a small child, inspecting the recording Guide with curiosity and fascination. for a while the kid just plays around with it, before turning it around to film his surroundings; it seems he's in the park, in the midst of many other young children. eventually, he keeps the camera trained on the children's focus: a certain

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[ineuphony]

That was a great story.

[recidivated]

Thanks, Maka. I'm glad people seem to like it.

[ineuphony]

Got pretty emotional, huh?

[recidivated]

[a soft laugh]

A little.

[ineuphony]

You're gonna be okay?

[recidivated]

Yeah, I'll be fine. Don't worry about me.

[ineuphony]

Okay. [she won't push the issue further.] -- So, is your job reading to the kids?

[recidivated]

Puppeteering, actually. [she gestures to the puppets on the small stage next to her.] I memorize the stories, then tell them while I show them with the puppets.

[ineuphony]

[how kawaii.]

That sounds pretty fun.

[recidivated]

It's definitely an improvement over my job last month.

[ineuphony]

It's just too bad Hope isn't as lucky.

[recidivated]

Y-yeah... we're going to see if using my Guide to pick his next mission will do any good.

[ineuphony]

For his sake, let's hope.

[recidivated]

I always feel really bad when he gets weird jobs... I mean, when I get them, I choose them-I just don't realize what they're really about. His are all accidents.

[ineuphony]

He may need to get a new guide. But those are expensive.

[recidivated]

Yeah, I hope it doesn't have to come to that. I mean, we have the money to spare, but... still.