[He wasn't too happy about the harsh rain they had earlier, but that didn't mean this heat was much better. (Why did it have to be one extreme or another? This place had such weird weather.) Well, one good thing was that it meant he could go out and raid the ice-cream section again. KAITO stood outside the grocery, eating a recently acquired
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What are you humming?
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'My Grandfather's Clock'. It's kind of a children's song, I think.
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Thank you! It really is a nice song, even though the lyrics are a little sad.
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What are they?
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My grandfather's clock
Was too large for the shelf,
So it stood ninety years on the floor;
It was taller by half
Than the old man himself,
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.
It was bought on the morn
Of the day that he was born,
And was always his treasure and pride;
But it stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.
Ninety years without slumbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life seconds numbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.
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You're right, that is kind of sad.
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Isn't it? [KAITO chuckled.] But the tune is very nice. I hope it didn't make you too sad, though.
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Oh, no, I'm fine. [Luke smiles and holds out his hand.]
I'm Luke, by the way. What's your name?
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My name is Kaito. It's nice to meet you, Mister Luke.
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[Points to the ice cream.] What kind of ice cream are you eating?
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[He paused, blinking.] Ah, or... I guess there's another in the grocery, if you'd prefer.
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