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[Voice]

... Huh. It's been a whole year since I've been here. It doesn't really feel that long until I really think about it.

It's just funny to think about with all the reminders of home appearing. Don't you think?

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[Since it's after school, Hikari is sitting on one of the swings in the playground. The book is open on one of the

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[goggle_syndrome]

[Taichi's going to approach the swing set and lean against one of the bars supporting it. He heard her over the journals, but why reply when he could just find her?]

You know what's even weirder about it? If you add the time we spent in the Digiworld, we've been away from home even longer.

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[cherishedlight]

You're right. I don't even remember how long we were really there for...

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[goggle_syndrome]

Months, I think. Time moved a lot faster there than it did at home...if Izzy were still here, he could probably tell us.

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[cherishedlight]

I bet he could. [She gently pumps her legs a little on the swing, but not too much, since she's talking.] It also felt different because we were camping a lot. Here we don't have to worry about that.

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[goggle_syndrome]

It's almost kind of like an extended vacation, huh? We have a good apartment, people cook for us, summer's here...[It's not that great, but he'll still try to talk it up.] Has it really been a year for you?

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[cherishedlight]

A really long vacation. When we get home, I hope that we don't go on any more vacations.

Uh huh! I didn't remember when I had come exactly, but Raine figured it out.

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[goggle_syndrome]

I hope so, too. You know Mom and Dad won't take us anywhere when we get home.

Raine's good at that sort of thing. Did you ask her about it yourself?

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[cherishedlight]

Hehe, probably not. We never really used to go anywhere anyway.

Uh huh! It came up while we were talking about something else. I had just been thinking about it, so it seemed like a good time to ask.

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[goggle_syndrome]

Usually just to grandma's, and they just saw here the last time we got home.

Raine's a really good person to ask those kinds of questions to. She's been here a long time, and she's really smart anyway. I'm glad she helped.

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[cherishedlight]

And they didn't even stay that long either...

I'm glad that she looks out for us.

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[goggle_syndrome]

Only like a day or two. I'm glad they didn't stay long though...it was nice having them home when we found the gateway and I came back that second time with Koromon.

I am too. Sometimes she gets a little overprotective about it, but I know she's got good intentions. She raised her little brother though, so that's part of it, I'm guessing.

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[cherishedlight]

If I didn't get sick, it might have been longer... Mom got home a little before you all came back.

Really?

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[goggle_syndrome]

That's true, but that's not your fault you got sick.

Really. There's like...eleven years difference between them? Something like that anyway.

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[cherishedlight]

That's a lot of years. Much more than you and me.

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[goggle_syndrome]

Lots and lots more. Raine's always been responsible for Genis, but now Genis is a lot older and he's gone, so she's looking after us. Maybe that's not the real reason, but close enough.

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[cherishedlight]

Whatever the reason is, I'm just glad she does.