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[Joe is wearing a Portside Aces baseball cap, NV propped up on another greasy table in the Underground Mall's food court. There's the crinkle of fast food paper, the slurping noise of an oversized fountain drink, and milling-about sounds of a busy afternoon. The boy sighs glumly, unsure where to start. There's a lot of restless anger brewing in the piercing cyan of his eyes, but it's tempered down since his raging fits of last week. He seems tired, like he hasn't been getting the best sleep.]

One week we have a newcomer business convention, the next week newcomer businesses are burning down, and it feels like more and more people keep disappearing.

I really hate it, when it feel like everything's changing for the worst. Maybe they think they can keep us all down and playing by their rules when there's less of us. [A lower sigh of resolve, then-]

But I won't stop fighting.

It's really not fair these mall businesses always seem to be safe. (I mean, besides the big darkness breach that happened around this time last year, but-) Why are only some places left alone when they're not taking sides between AGI or SERO? Can somebody tell me that? The Underground Mall Clubs Association... how do you get in on something like that? Do you have to be a native with lots of munny?

[Joe reaches and tilts his NV so that it shows newest addition to the foodcourt behind him, a bustling counter service with a long line, thick hand-cut fries, and a round serving station filled with several dozen condiment pumps and bowls of relish. Sitting on his tray in front of him are five plastic cups of very different dipping sauces, ]

...and can somebody tell me why 'pomme frites' are so much more special than french fries that they're charging nine bucks for a paper cone?

[He sticks a fingertip in one of the cups in front of him, sampling a dollop with a casual shrug] The sauces are pretty delicious to try, at least.

Poutine.... [he points at the gravy on his far right, then goes right down the line of red hot, yellow, green, speckled white-] "War Sauce", Sweet Mango Chutney, Wasabi-Lime Mayo, Parmesan Peppercorn. So much for plain ketchup! (And this is just 5 of 42 they've got. It reminds me of ice cream flavors.)

[He shakes his head, giving a dry smile and a roll of his eyes.]

Everything's gotta be a good gimmick to be original, huh.

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[With most people, and even normally with him, she would just answer 'no'. But this week has been so tiring, and so many people she cares about are gone, and there's so much she didn't get the chance to tell them... Even so, the reply doesn't come for a few minutes, and it's certainly not the lengthiest.]

sort of

Sort of?

it's about two people who didn't share a destiny even though one of them loved the other

Oh.

I guess it wasn't because one of them didn't have a heart...

he didn't for a long time, but that's not the reason it didn't work out

Oh... how come it didn't work out?

he was in love with one of her best friends and she found someone who understood her well enough for her to really trust him

Oh.

So things still worked out okay.

mhm! i think it's a really happy story, at least.

So... how did they know that somebody else was better for them?

well, she still loves them both. she always will. but the difference was that one of them knew the real her, not who she pretended to be. she probably felt like she could tell him a lot more, and that's really important.

Is it wrong to pretend like there's something more there than there actually is? Even if you want it to be real?

like, if you don't really love them but you pretend because you wish you loved them? that isn't really fair to you or them. did something happen with namine?

No. Nothing. newhappened. I just....

Terra says you know, when there's a special bond.

And sometimes I don't know if she just likes me because she feels bad about everythjng that happened, with us.

but you know you really love her? have you talked to her about it?

I think I do. But it feels like she's not sure its real, because... well. For awhile before, when my memories were different... it was more like a pretending I never knew about.

Listen to me. I'm such a wreck sometimes, Ahiru.

if you're not sure, maybe you should wait until you are to talk to her about it? don't say that! you aren't a wreck at all. i think it's really sweet how much you care about her.

Yeah. That's why I keep waiting.

... you think it's sweet?

of course it's sweet! i'm really happy for you both, that you're together.

You're ... a good friend, Ahiru.

well, so are you! and i'm only saying it because it's true. i'm sure most people would think it's sweet.

Girls think everything that has to do with dating is sweet.

that's because it is!

It's sort of embarrassing. Xion keeps talking about doing a girl sleepover.

oh! when?

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