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[thxforthememories]

[Behold! A new voice on the network. And... it sounds decidedly uncertain. Maybe a little shaky.]

[Hey, when you get electrocuted by thousands of volts out of nowhere before waking up somewhere you've never seen, you're bound to sound a little off. Not to mention completely overwhelmed.]

[And quite honestly, he doesn't know what to say right now. Asking the empty air for help? In a place he's never even heard of? Surrounded by sights and sounds and robots utterly foreign? That seems... odd. But what choice does he have?]

Someone... please. [He hesitates.] I don't understand what's happened.

I --

[And here is where the first bit of real panic seems to show through. Sure, he got the explanation, but--] I don't remember coming here. Or ever hearing of such a place.

Please answer me.

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[littlecrowgirl]

I guess so! I never really tried it myself. It's supposed to be super helpful to ninjas though.

Or was it Bhuddists...

[thxforthememories]

Ninja.

[Oh hey he actually knows that word.]

Humans beings trained in stealth operations. I... see why they would need calm.

[littlecrowgirl]

Yeah. All my idols are ninjas. If I weren't a thief, I would so be one myself.

[thxforthememories]

A thief? You're a thief?

[littlecrowgirl]

Uh huh! The best in the business too.

You're looking at the Great Thief Yatagarasu!!

[thxforthememories]

...

I haven't heard of you.

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[littlecrowgirl]

2/2

[littlecrowgirl]

Well give it time, buddy! I'm only 17!

[thxforthememories]

[That's like seventeen years older than he is...]

And?

[littlecrowgirl]

...

And I'm just starting out! Give a girl a break, mister!

[Gosh Kagerou so insensitive to the small girls.]

[thxforthememories]

[he is six months old and what am social skills]

A break? What is it you want broken?

[littlecrowgirl]

No, you silly! I mean a break! A little leeway for little ol' me.

[thxforthememories]

Lee... way? What have you done that needs leeway?

[littlecrowgirl]

...Let me help you out, mister K.

You're giving a girl a hard time.

[thxforthememories]

Kagerou.

[HAHAH what are nicknames.]

That wasn't what I intended to do.

[littlecrowgirl]

Mister K sounds better to me.

Well I suppose I can forgive you if you say sorry...~

[thxforthememories]

But that isn't my name.

Sorry? I don't think I need to. I didn't know.

[littlecrowgirl]

It's a nickname. Don't you know what those are?

[Go to worst robot corner.]

Well, it'd be nice...

[thxforthememories]

I've never had one.

Apologies shouldn't be used lightly.

[littlecrowgirl]

Well can Mister K be your first?

[She tilts her head.]

Why not? It's not like they cost anything.

[thxforthememories]

Why do you want to give me a nickname?

It... just seems like something important like that.

[littlecrowgirl]

I give nicknames to people I like.

[Simple as that.]

And apologies are always important, no matter how often you use them!

[thxforthememories]

You... like me?

[What is this madness.]

I see.

[littlecrowgirl]

Yeah! You remind me a lot of a good friend of mine.

[Right down to the pointing-out-the-obvious.]

[thxforthememories]

A friend?