IC: tutoring!

[trump_apple]

[Forward-dated to a few days after the auctions are over. Satoshi is coming over to Yuki's house for his tutoring, as usual. But this time, he's carrying a few handwritten pages. It's nowhere near as long as the story Yuki had given him a few days ago, but he's still very proud of it

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[write_it_in]

[sitting on his bed, sipping tea and scribbling in a notebook]

...no.

[trump_apple]

Well you're not so good at being outside, if you're not supposed to be there.

[But he's smiling, and he comes over to where Yuki is, dragging a chair along with him so he can sit.]

I finished the story.

[write_it_in]

Sunlight is overrated.

[gimmie]

[trump_apple]

Sunlight is nice, until you get sunburned.

[It looks like Satoshi hasn't been using enough sunscreen, either. But he hands over the papers. it's 10-ish pages of stuff you would expect a kid to write: a story about three friends going out for ice cream, then a supervillain comes and steals the ice cream, and the friends have to fight crime to get it back. No real plot twists, written in simple sentences, and the grammar probably isn't the best either.]

[write_it_in]

[...that is socute. reads the entire thing through and then switches to a different color pen to correct the grammar in places.]

[trump_apple]

[Watching, and he wonders what the pen is for.]

What are you doing?

[write_it_in]

[scoots over so you can sit and look.]

Correcting your grammar... it's fine when you speak, so all you need is to learn the rules for writing. Listen.

[starts reading things out loud, and they do sound awkward. have some arrows and reorganization.]

[trump_apple]

[He's listening and paying attention like a good student.]

Wow, you're right, that does sound kinda bad. But I didn't know there were rules for writing.

[write_it_in]

I know you didn't. You will now.

[corrects quietly]

[trump_apple]

[He watches quietly and tries to remember the corrections Yuki is making. He'll probably forget it and have to be reminded later, though.]

So what do I do with it now?

[write_it_in]

[well, you'll get your papers back]

You keep it. You keep everything you write. Always. No matter if you think it's shit, you save it somewhere.

[trump_apple]

Why?

[write_it_in]

Because it's a part of you.

[trump_apple]

[ker-lightbulb.]

Because I wrote it?

[write_it_in]

Yes. If it's an idea you had, that makes it something that came from you. A part of you that you might want to remember, someday.

[trump_apple]

[Awww Yuki, so passionate about writing.]

Alright, I'll keep it in a safe place. How do you keep your writing safe?