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[primo_giotto]

[Giotto was currently sitting outside the bookstore at a little table he'd placed there, gazing down at a book. One hand was stirring a cup of tea absentmindedly while his cheek was rested on the other. He may or may not have been actually reading the book he was gazing down at - if he was reading it, he'd most certainly been on one page for quite

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[sky_given]

[Someone else passing by looks about as distracted as you must feel.]

[primo_giotto]

[Somehow despite his own distraction, he did notice you there.]

...Good evening.

[He'll be offering you a slight smile as well. Being polite is important, even if there are things on his mind, after all.]

[sky_given]

[He blinks, returning that smile once you've gotten his attention.]

Good evening to you too, Giotto-san.

[primo_giotto]

How are you doing?

[...Hey. Polite generic conversation. It's like a distraction from his distraction.]

[twice_promised]

[Also just passing through, though far more focused on something else to notice the other.]

[primo_giotto]

[You were noticed... as well as your preoccupation there.]

...Are you alright?

[twice_promised]

--[You've startled him. Maybe a little too much, like he's expecting to be scolded at for something]

Y.. yeah.

[primo_giotto]

[He's going to quirk a brow at that.]

...Are you sure? You seemed a little preoccupied...

[mistdisillusion]

[It's a bit awkward, but she'd feel a little better if this gets done, so... When she comes across you, she'll actually be greeting you with a bow.]

I'd like to formally apologize for all of what happened.

[Mostly for being the one to kill your Storm.]

[primo_giotto]

[He actually hadn't noticed you approach but once he hears you speak up, his attention is pulled up to you. He offers the slightest of smiles at that.]

...It's fine. It's not as if it were actually you after all. It was just another one of the island's little tricks. Not anything that you should have to apologize for.

[...He totally blames the mermaids.]

[mistdisillusion]

[The smile she gives in return is grateful.]

We were a little too careless.

[It's not so much an argument as it is a statement of fact. Should've just left the damn knife alone, especially considering where they'd found it.]

[primo_giotto]

[That almost makes it sound like there was a little more to this story than just the mermaids' usual troublemaking...]

...Careless? ...With what?