02 | Wakefulness

[bambooalliance]

[Good morning, Mayfield! Oh, what's this? Why, it's Thailand, of course! And he is casually opening your mailboxes, taking a look inside, sifting through your mail...Hey! He might even open a letter or two! Why? Well, because he's looking for his Elephant.

Yes, that's right. His Elephant.

Of course he realizes that Elephants don't usually fit in tiny

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[hwamei]

[ W-who is that man and why is he going through her m-- ]

Thailand!?

[ He waves, and he's still at it. Oh... her surprise at finding him here overrides any feelings of annoyance. She closes the door a little, unsure, then swings it back open. ]

You're here, too?

[bambooalliance]

[Hm...? He looks back to the door and smiles. You're here too?--She should know he was. After all, he had spoken with her when he'd first arrived.

It's then he realizes that this was what the others had been talking about--About people waking with no memories of their previous stay.

Thailand decides to play oblivious. It was the safer route, the more careful one. So he nods cheerfully, setting the mail back in the box and moving to go greet her.]

I am, and I see that you are too! Ah, though I do hope you have not been here long...I hear that it can be dangerous.

[hwamei]

Mm, I heard about the turkeys! I've only been here for a couple of days, though, so I'm okay. [ Technically eight months, but she doesn't remember that, shush. ]

But what's gege doing with my mailbox? Did I get something bad?

[bambooalliance]

Oh! No, I was merely looking for Toto. He has gone missing, you see...Very worrisome... But Kuhn Vietnam said he might be in the mail, so I thought I should check!

[hwamei]

[ dghdfk th-thailand what is she going to do with you ] Gege! Elephants can't fit in mailboxes!

[bambooalliance]

Ah...yes! I do know that, but this place is strange and takes people away from their homelands! So I thought it might be able to put poor Toto in one of the mail boxes...Ana...

[hwamei]

[ He has a point... but she's never seen the town do anything like that yet. ]

Ooh, I see. Don't you think they'd be keeping him somewhere safer than a mailbox, though?

[bambooalliance]

That is the part I am worried about. I have heard the natives of this town are terrible...So I am worried about his safety. What if they do not feed him? He...he would become weak!

[hwamei]

[ She pats his shoulder to reassure him. ] Gege, gege, it's going to be okay! If Toto was hungry, he'd make loud sounds at night and everyone would be up at three in the morning. So I'm sure they're feeding him!

[bambooalliance]

[That does help, just a little.] Ah! You are very right, Kuhn Taiwan! He would not let his hunger go unnoticed!

[hwamei]

He'd make his cry nice and loud, and we'd be able to find him!

[bambooalliance]

Of course, of course! Why did I fail to think of this before...!? It would have saved me much worry, ana...

[hwamei]

I wonder where they could be keeping him, though? They can bring you things from home, right? Ah, then maybe he's not here yet...

[bambooalliance]

I hope he is not lonely, back home...

[hwamei]

There are nice and cute elephants in gege's home, so he's going to be alright. Bié zháo jí!