TM Topic 227 - 3 am

[machi_in_snow]

It is the middle of the night. Machi has lost most sense of time being locked away from everyone else. She knows when it is day and night from the light that radiates from the windows but nothing more than that. Clocks and other devices such as that prove little use in her elegantly decorated room. One could call it her elegantly decorated

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[powered_otaku]

Obviously your otosan has the same radar mine did.

[machi_in_snow]

Yes, my father has a great radar sense when it comes to his children. I swear that he knows what we are going to do before we do it.

[powered_otaku]

*Hiro nods.* I think it is the way of all parents. Something that develops at the same time you have the first baby.

[machi_in_snow]

That makes sense in a unique way.

[powered_otaku]

And it only grows stronger as you have more babies. By the time the last one is born, it can't get away with anything because the radar is so developed that mind-reading is inevitable.

[machi_in_snow]

That does explain why we never see my youngest brother get into any trouble.

[powered_otaku]

I know what he's going through. It was the same for me.

[machi_in_snow]

You are the youngest child too?

[powered_otaku]

Yes, I am. And I have an older sister. She is the one who runs the company. She is far better at it than I would ever be.

[machi_in_snow]

I understand. I am my father's second child. My youngest brother will be the one to run my father's company.

[powered_otaku]

Do you have an older brother or sister?

[machi_in_snow]

I have an older brother. He is the one that tried to rescue me.

[powered_otaku]

Tried? He didn't succeed?

[machi_in_snow]

He ran away when father caught him throwing stones at my window.

[powered_otaku]

Smart. Your father would probably have done him some harm. A tongue-lashing, at the very least.

[machi_in_snow]

Oh yes. Father was not very pleased with my brother after that one.