[video] and now you now the neighborhood police are useless

[implausibility]

All right, citizens!

[Quietly, a mutter, something that sounds like, "Man, talk about having picky tastes."]I'm guessing it's part of the delayed culture shock here, from technically being in a new country and all. I mean, the folks at home don't really request this stuff - the most complicated order I've ever gotten is black with no sugar and

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[foretells]

Macchiato, Officer Adachi. And I can show you how, if you want.

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[implausibility]

Minako-san!

[So much relief you do not even know.]

Really? You're a life-saver! But don't you have work right now?

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[foretells]

Hi!

[She smiles.]

I can show you, or I can get you a round of coffee on the house, like I promised.

[implausibility]

[A laugh. What a sickeningly well-meaning girl. She was the type that he'd find on the streets one day, taken advantage of and left for dead, he was sure.]

I never did take you up on that, huh? This is as good a time as any. Saving a life for a life!

[foretells]

There you go. And I'll record myself when I make it, in case you need to do it later.

[There's a pause.] Why do you let them make you do all of this? They should be the ones buying their own coffee.

[implausibility]

[A blank stare.]

...To tell you the truth, I've never thought about it. Figure they've got some important work back at their desk that they can't tear their attention from or something. But that's the way the world works - someone bigger than you tells you to do somethin', and you do it.

[foretells]

You should stand up for yourself. It's not fair for them to use you as a doormat; you're better than that.

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[implausibility]

[He blinks at her, averting his eyes after a moment.]

Sheesh, kid, even I know that, but there's stuff in principle and there's stuff in practice, and most of the time, ideals like that don't work in the real world. Sometimes, you just have to do what you're told.

[implausibility]

But I figure it's something you'll learn after you've got a few more years on you. Trust me! I won't let just anything happen, but this?

[He holds up the mug, cute bunny and all.]

It's just coffee, right?

[But it's not. It's one more straw to bend his back, one more grudge to hold against the higher authorities, one more reason to hate the world, but when you've got so many, what's one more? He needs it, after all, needs the justification.]

[foretells]

It's still not really fair. But I guess I'm still too young to understand it.

[She's not, really, but she doesn't mind acting like the naive girl.]

I guess I'd just rather people not take out their negativity on others.

[Because then it starts to hurt, somewhere back where her soul is, chained in front of a door.]

[implausibility]

Negativity? Y'mean this ordering around stuff?

[foretells]

Taking advantage of a person's position to order them around.

[implausibility]

Giving orders is pretty standard in any job you come across. Either you're the one giving 'em, or the one taking 'em. Just how society works, Minako-san.

[foretells]

But people can still treat them with respect and concern. No one needs to bark orders at anyone.

[implausibility]

[A little bit of her own reasoning, perhaps:]

Hey, no one really needs to go 'round fighting or killing people either, but that doesn't turn out so well, huh?

[foretells]

No, they don't, but people are working to fix that too.