[it's been quiet, due to all the people out adventuring, and the shark was gone, so... Sakaki is sitting by the pond. Listening to the parrots and worrying about those people still out in the wilderness]
[Private; written]
I never imagined there would be a swamp out there. Not like a dream at all.
There could be all sorts of places out there. More places than we imagine.
I have been to the old West, and to Los Angeles.
...Yet I still haven't even seen the other side of this town.
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[pauses to throw out a handful of stale cereal on the shore, for the parrots and ducks]
[filtered to Lorne; written]
How have you been? Are you busy today?
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