second SHADOW CAPTURE

[trappedpride]

[The phone picked up and for a moment it was quiet as the tiny boy flicked through pages. in a book. It was irritating, playing the act of human all the time... but after three hundred years, the consistency stuck.]

H-hello, this is Selim. I had spoken to people a few days ago on the phone. A-and Mother always told me to thank the people when they

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[noneed_2worry]

...If Mr. Minamimoto is your math teacher, you should be careful. He's kind of crazy.

[trappedpride]

...Mr. Minamimoto?

[noneed_2worry]

Yeah. Uh, he's my dad here. He teaches math, but he also went crazy and tried to take over the town a week or so ago.

[trappedpride]

[dot. dot. dot.]

Why would he want to.. .take over? Won't others not like that?

[metalidolkey]

Key is good at math. Key can show you.

[trappedpride]

Ah.. T-thank you very much!

[metal_idol_key]

Are you good at reading?

[trappedpride]

Yes! Father had me a private tutor and last year we focused on reading and history... We were.. just starting math, though.

[mustnotdrink]

Math? I can help.

[trappedpride]

Yes... I've never been very good at it, I0I always did better in history and literature. Mother would... she wouldn't be as happy if I didn't at least try... [Quiet voice.]

[ahoge_goddess]

Your parents would be proud of you.

[trappedpride]

[Happy, voice is happy.]

You really think so?! I don't want to disappoint them!

[ahoge_goddess]

I am very sure! You're being a very brave boy!

.. ;0; i feel sorry for her when/if he starts.. yknow, being what he really is

[trappedpride]

...Well, Father told me if anything ever happened that I should act normally. He'd find me some day, so I'm gonna count on that!

[followyouthere]

[Ed asked for people to keep an eye on this kid. Margot is going to, or at least attempt to, out of curiosity.]

It looks like you've already got some offers, but I'll toss in my lot as a math tutor. I'm already tutoring another boy and I'm not half bad at most of my subjects.

[trappedpride]

O-oh! T-thank you! I.. no, I really need a lot of help... I wasn't very good at it back home... We'd just started it, my tutor... but this place it's a little further than where he took me.[Small voice.] I wanna do my best to make Father proud.

[followyouthere]

What tier arerrrr... Crap. Grade. That's what they use here, right? What grade are you in?

It's really not all that hard once you know what you're doing, anyway.

I'm, ah, Margot Sullivan, by the way. I'm a friend of Ed's. I think you know him?