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Community... what was your first kiss like?

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Virused.

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... Oh.

Did that ruin it?

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It does make it less of a fond memory and more of a bittersweet one. I did like the person, even normally - it's just that they weren't usually interested in me, and it caused trouble.

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Did you work it out?

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I don't know. They're gone now.

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... I'm sorry.

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It's all right.

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Will she ever come back?

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The way of this community is inscrutable. Perhaps.

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So she was from another world?

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It's... complicated. My world, different timeline, technically a spirit that was summoned. We won't be meeting again without the community's help.

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But there's still a chance?

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With this community, there's a chance of anything.

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I hope you find her again.

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Mm, I'm not certain if I do. I love that person, of course, but if they don't feel the same way - and they don't - then it causes me a fair amount of pain. I'm unsure if I want to go through that again.

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So you'll just be in unrequited love forever?