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[battingaverage]

[this dude in some sort of black and gold military garb is delicately plucking an ear off of a nail-studded baseball bat.

he looks like he feels much better.]

Comments

[blindstheworld]

[...that is certainly an ear. And also a military uniform]

Do you require assistance-?

[blindstheworld]

As I said previously, I have been here for more than a year and a half. However, I know that almost no time has passed back home.

[battingaverage]

You know this how, Your Highness . . . ?

[blindstheworld]

Hakuren and I returned for a "vacation" at the end of the year. Moreover, when I myself arrived it had only been a few hours since I saw some of the others, but they had been here for months or more.

[battingaverage]

Hakuren? Your attendant, the Oak?

. . . I see . . . that is . . . no, I do not see, but . . .

[blindstheworld]

Yes, that is his name. And I apologize, I know it is difficult to believe. Would you like to sit down somewhere?

[battingaverage]

Y-yes . . .

. . . Your Highness, in the event that this is somehow actually happening, I apologize most deeply for my rudeness in demanding explanations of you . . .

[blindstheworld]

[leading to...someplace nearby with chairs!]

There is no need to apologize. It is an understandable reaction.

[battingaverage]

This all feels like an extremely complicated joke.

[blindstheworld]

I assure you that Hakuren, Shuri and I are not.

[battingaverage]

. . . That is, somehow, the hardest to believe.

[blindstheworld]

Why is that?

[battingaverage]

To think, that you, too, would be trapped here--and Shuri--he cannot be the Shuri I have known . . .

[blindstheworld]

I cannot speak conclusively for Shuri, although he has been here for quite some time so I imagine some change is natural. For myself, although I miss Kururu and my other companions, I find that it is rather refreshing to be here.

[battingaverage]

Re . . . freshing . . . here . . .

[blindstheworld]

Yes, I have met many different people here and there is so much to learn about!