8th Subterranean Rose ~ Returning to the Present

[littlemissfreud]

Wow, the city looks better now compared to how it was a while ago~ I guess that means the incident's over. Although, the last few days feel a bit fuzzy...

... well, there's no point moping around in the past. There's more important things to pay attention to now!

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Such aaaas... these! Hey Taiwan, I've got a bunch of crane thingies here. I can't

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[bubbleteatime]

Koishi, [pause] right? That's great! Thanks very much, I... I ran out paper before I could reach three hundred, so... mm, thank you!

It's funny, I can't remember why I made them either. It must have been really bad. But you're right! We've got to look forward.

[...!] Hey, one of these paper cranes has your name on it.

[littlemissfreud]

Mmhmm! Three hundred is a lot, so getting that much is at least a good effort so far!

It does? How interesting~

[bubbleteatime]

Haha, aren't you more energetic than last time! Hm, it looks like there's a message here. Do you want me to read it?

[littlemissfreud]

You think? I can't think of a reason for why you shouldn't. Go ahead!

[bubbleteatime]

It's pretty short. [ She... notices all her grammatical errors in Japanese ahhh but she corrects them when she reads: ] "I'd like to make a lot of friends. Koishi"

Some cranes have things like that written on them, too. Why are they there again? Did your wish come true yet, Koishi?

[littlemissfreud]

I wished for that? Then yeah... you could say it did. I've made a few friends since I got here, like Cirno and Flandre! They're a lot of fun.

Did you make a wish too?

[bubbleteatime]

That's good! Cirno is a good kid, I think. Me? I wished to... [ remembering ] be free. Yeah. It was definitely that.

[littlemissfreud]

And how did that wish go for you?

[bubbleteatime]

I-It'll come true soon! It's kind of true right now, I don't know if that counts...

[littlemissfreud]

How so?

[bubbleteatime]

I'm my own nation now, so I can do whatever I want, but Teacher thinks I should stay with him. To add to that, Japan still acts like I'm his colony... Everyone treats me like a kid.

[littlemissfreud]

Hmm... they probably care about you a lot. Like family, I guess?