If you wish to continue being fed, I will require more assistance at the soup kitchen. I have only two assistants, and there are over a hundred residents. You need not have experience to help, simply time. Or perhaps I should make it mandatory
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...Thank him for me, then. And perhaps you will join us, Yuuko.
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Even by cleaning?
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[Then, he was not so cheerful nor was he feeling so friendly. Did Meryl really not know how dangerous Megumi was?! He didn't want him getting hurt. And so, he hurries down from his room and is almost running when he gets to Meryl.]
M...Mr. Meryl--o-on the c-communicator?! She can see that y-you know...a-and she can still come back to the house if she wants...she's awfully strong, Mr. Meryl...she c-could really hurt you if she w-wants
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I intended for her to see it. I would like a word with her.
[The fingerquotes are almost audible there.]
The house is secured, Luke, in several ways. And I did not get to be so old by being easy to hurt.
[His voice is comforting in a way, though still unyielding. He's a stubborn old man.]
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[All of this being said, he can't come up with much to say regarding his concerns, because if there is one thing that's abundantly clear at the moment, it's that Meryl will not be changing his mind. So instead of a coherent, well-put-together and age-appropriate verbal response, all Meryl will be getting is a very frustrated and rather panicked look on Luke's face.]
B-but..
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I will escort you to school, if you are concerned about that...
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Hikari....
Sometimes there are dangers in this world that we must be prepared for.
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B-but I thought they weren't going to come back...
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Shh, little one...you must always be ready, even if danger does not come. You do not need to be afraid - just ready.
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So typical. So annoying. Screw this place, screw the people here, screw Tatsumi!
She doesn't bother replying to the message - why would she give them only more reasons to come after her - but does throw her communicator across the room since she's quite annoyed this is happening to her. ]
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[He makes a note about all the references to Megumi, but doesn't say anything yet.]
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You must be a friend of his. He is well, if you were concerned.
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