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You know, I've been thinking...

[Well. This is out of the blue. He continues to speak, his voice especially light and easy today.]

Hinoto-Ri isn't such a bad place, when you get right down to it. It gives a lot of opportunities you might not have had before - if you were sick, you're healthy. If you were dead, you're alive. You can do pretty much whatever you want! Philemon himself said we won't remember anything that happens here once we return to our worlds. We're technically here to save the people of Hinoto-Ri, but even if you don't do anything, there aren't any real repercussions. You'll still have a roof over your head whether you help or not.

That's a lot more than most people get.

I like it here! Sure, things could always go wrong - but that's fine. I've finally got a shot at living, not having to worry about getting sick or killed... It's about time I embraced that!

[There's a pause, but it's not hard to get the sense that he's got a satisfied grin on the other side of the feed despite the heaviness of those words.]

Ah-- Also, before I forget. Apparently there's another me going around. If you spot him, try and message me, will ya? He's probably harmless, but I think we should probably have a talk.

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It's not a real gun. It's a creation of Rio's. The only thing this would do it put someone to sleep. [He glances over, at Hizumi, settling the gun on the bed.]

He would get him a gun, wouldn't he? He probably has it on him, then.

Heeeeh... So it's a tranquilizer!

Was he thinking of using that on the other 'me' by any chance?

I wouldn't doubt it. [It was what he'd do if he needed to.

But he didn't need to. This Hizumi had no plans to die, and that suited him perfectly.] He doesn't want him to die, he just doesn't show how much like the idiot he is.

At least that won't be a problem from now on!

[They can be perfectly honest, here. Unlike their 'others', who kept trying to avoid the truth.

Because they're better that way.]

He must be pretty scared if he isn't taking just the tranquilizer, though! We can use that to find them more easily.

[Fear can cause foolish mistakes. And they'd be ready to catch them as a result.]

Once we finish those two off, we can live our lives as we want here. [He downright grins at that. They didn't have the fears and restrictions those two did.

Here, he didn't have to give up everything he'd gained for once.]

They'll probably try to aim for parts of town they think we wouldn't think they'd head to.

It would be normal for 'me' to go wherever 'you' were, so--

More than likely, 'you' probably came over to my side this time.

Of course. If they'd heard us, they would have decided to team up as well. [To consider there was safety in numbers was a logical route to take.] They'll have made our job easier.

If we find one, we'll find the other. It'll definitely save us time!

Shall we?

[He nods, turning and walking away from the bed.] We can't have missed them by much. Let's go.

Right, right~♫

[And he practically skips out the door again. It's nice, being able to be so happy, so cheerful, so hopeful.

It's so close. He'll survive where his other couldn't. Who wouldn't be excited about that?]

[He might not be quiet as exuberant as his 'Hizumi', but he certainly seems more cheerful than his 'other' would normally be, with a small pleased smile on his face as he follows him out the door.

This was his chance. His chance to obtain everything he'd ever wanted. Free of his brother, of 'fate'...

He wouldn't waste it.]

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