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[pandamaiden]

I left and returned, and nothing had changed. Everyone I knew, or most of them, were still here. Zack and Angeal. Kenpachi and Cloud, too. Lenalee. Sakura...

[ She trails off, quiet. She wasn't here the whole time, but she remembers them. All of them. And more, too.

And now they're gone. Anatole seems kind of lonely, compared to what it was. She's

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[inpiecesofcloud]

[She smiles. It's getting easier to do that again.]

That would be fun, Mei-Mei!

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[pandamaiden]

[ She likes that smile. She wants to keep seeing that smile. ]

Where should we go?

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Let's go to the place where I got my shoes for the masquerade. There's a hat shop next door we can go to, too. They let you try on all the funny hats there!

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[pandamaiden]

Really? They don't mind?

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Nope! They even have big mirrors so you can see how they look!

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[pandamaiden]

[ Every girl's dream. How could she resist that? ]

When can we go? [ Yep. She is so ready. ]

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[inpiecesofcloud]

How about tomorrow! We should go to that shop that has all the windup toys, too! And the bakery!

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[pandamaiden]

Windup toys? Like the ones the tunnelmen made?

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Yeah! They had some really cute little dragon ones the last time I was there! They're really pretty!

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[pandamaiden]

Dragons? Really? Did they have horses?

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Yeah! They had a couple dragons! And they had horsies, too! One of them went like this!

[Clearly her little fists are meant to be a horse's front hooves and she rears back like a pony kicking the air.]

Do you like horsies, Mei-Mei?