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[euphoricheir]

[ a soft yawn is heard followed by a bit of incoherent mumbling. ]

I ... I think I'm feeling better now. Is everyone else feeling better? I guess the only downfall to having beautiful snow was the consequence of falling ill. Thankfully, soup and a caring family allowed me to recover quickly

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[princessofmoe]

Almost September...

[euphoricheir]

Mm... another month gone with a new one arriving. How have you been, Rika?

[princessofmoe]

Feels strange. I'm almost at my eighth month here.

I've been well. Ni-paa~. [Liar.]

[euphoricheir]

Almost a year. I wonder if I'll be able to say that in a few months. I wonder if it's even weirder to say I prefer to be here than ... anywhere else.

That's good! I haven't heard from you in a while, but that was mostly my fault.

[princessofmoe]

Mii. That's not weird at all.

It's not Euphy's fault for falling ill and feeling ew-ew~.

[euphoricheir]

Do you feel the same way?

The ew-ew is thankfully gone!

[princessofmoe]

...

This world is... not exactly the ideal world I've been searching for. But with time, it might turn into that world.

[euphoricheir]

...

One can only hope. As happy as I am here, I'm scared that someday ... the Scientists will take away the very people that make me happy here. Friends I've made and family I have ... what is the point of being in a place of bliss if they are not here to share it?

What if they take you away?

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[princessofmoe]

That... thought has often come into mind and is also what I fear the most. Hanyuu... I feel that eventually, everyone will be returned to their home world someday.

All we can do is live the best we can here. Even if those precious to you are taken away, at least you still have the memories of them.

[princessofmoe]

Mii~ ii~! Euphy won't forget me, will she?

[euphoricheir]

You're right. Even if I am a bit selfish for hoping that they never leave...

Of course not, Rika! You're much too sweet for me to ever forget, not even for a moment!

[princessofmoe]

I'm a bit of a selfish cat too. Myao~.

Promise?

[euphoricheir]

I think everyone is just a tiny bit selfish when it comes to loved ones.

I promise. Pinky promise!

[princessofmoe]

I think it's okay to feel that way sometimes.

Pinky promise! Uhm, does Euphy know the yubikiri song?

[euphoricheir]

Yubikiri? No, I'm afraid not.

[princessofmoe]

You haven't? You sing it when you hook your pinky with someone else's.

[ And she starts singing in Japanese. ]

Yubikiri genman, uso tsuitara hari senbon nomasu~. ("Pinky Promise, if you lie, I will make you swallow 1000 needles.")