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This is kind of nostalgic...

[Naminé's face appears on the screen, her expression unreadable for a moment. For those who might know her, Naminé looks very different. She's older and leaner, one eye hazed over from blindness. She has a black collar around her neck as well, barely hiding scars across her throat.

For those who don't know her, she looks like she might have come from a war zone, so outfitted with weapons she is-- there's a strange blade hanging from a harness at her hips, a quiver strapped to her back, and a compound bow slung over her shoulder.]

Hello, Hinoto-Ri. My name is Naminé. Sorry I wasn't around to say hello for when all the other newcomers were coming in, but I had to get some...well, affairs in order.

[She pauses a moment before her lips curve into a small smile.]

According to the network, it's almost Christmas, so if anyone needs a last minute gift for a loved one, please feel free to ask for me. I'm an artist. Any commission from me, large or small, is free for the holiday season. After that, I'll have to start charging so I can keep my apartment. [A huff of laughter.]

If anyone else is interested in a little sparring, I'm up for that too. I'll be in Capricorn.

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[She breathes out slowly, her eyes searching. Conflicted.]

...hi. I know you're here. Can we talk? Please? I want to see you all.

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I've been here for just over two months.

Oh, so still new, but not as new as me, then. Have you been adjusting well?

It was difficult at first, but it's been getting better.

[She nods understandingly.]

What kind of world do you come from? Sometimes that makes the biggest difference of all.

What kind...? Um, I think it's a pretty normal world.

[Not that she has any basis for comparison, really.]

[She laughs.]

It's normal for you, but it might not be for me. I think that's the most interesting thing about coming to this place.

Well... what would you like to know about it? I don't mind answering whatever questions you might have.

How about just what you do every day?

I wake up early to make breakfast for Hakase and Sakamoto-san, and then I get ready to walk to school with my friends. I spend the whole day there until late afternoon, and then I usually go straight home to get dinner started. Sometimes I go places with my friends for a little while before going home. Then I make dinner for us all, work on my homework, watch television or read a book, tuck Hakase and Sakamoto-san in for the night, and go to bed myself.

That sounds very wonderfully normal.

[It's actually anything but, but Nano has conveniently left out most of the details about how insane her friends are. Still, though, it's far more ordinary than anything that happens in Hinoto-Ri.]

I suppose so, at least compared to here. Not that I haven't met some wonderful people in Hinoto-Ri too.

Oh yes-- being in Hinoto-Ri, for all it's strangeness, is a wonderful place to meet new people and learn of different worlds.

Right! Everyone has been so friendly.

I hope you meet only friendly people, Nano. You seem like a very sweet girl.

Thank you, Namine! I hope you're able to make a lot of friends too.