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it's not like i forgot this or anything

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Day 319; evening

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Hello~ . . . ? Shion?

Re: Day 319; evening

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Aoko! What is it?

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[HOLDS UP LEGACY KEY]

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Oh! Congratulations!

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Thanks!

I've got to admit, it wasn't how I'd expected to start my day.

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Have you taken your memories?

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Not yet. I know there's going to be a lot, so . . .

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Waiting for a time it won't knock you over?

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Yep.

Did you have many left when you got your bracelet . . . ?

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It felt like quite a bit.

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Huh . . . so it's not uncommon.

[rests her chin on her hand.]

I got a big memory back not too long ago. It was, mm—a montage? Of growing up, or parts of it. Most of my other memories have barely been minutes long.

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That can definitely happen. I suppose as we get older we put larger parts of our past together.

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[. . . !]

I hadn't thought of it like that!

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I think we do... I mean, I sort of think of "childhood" all in one block, and then like, "the time after I was kicked out" is all one smaller block, and then once I meet up with Nezumi again suddenly everything's small and individual moments.

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[thhhinking about it]

It makes sense. ... Mm. If my memories had blocks, it was divided up by Kid.

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Oh?

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Growing up before he disappeared for the first time, growing up after he was gone, and then when he came back again.

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...that's exactly like me.

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It . . . is pretty similar, isn't it?

Though back then, I wouldn't have minded if he'd stayed gone.

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Well, that part's different.

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Mmm, very.

. . . They're life-changing, aren't they? Both of them.

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They're forces of change.

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[Hfff. Smiles, fondly and just a little wistfully. ]

Say, Shion . . .

Do you know what you're going to do when you go back home?

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Civil planning, mostly.

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. . . Will you be okay with that?