audio | backdated to after the Meet & Greet

[thxforthememories]

[Coming to you from the Police HQ roof... is a groggy-sounding ninja bot. If he were human, one might say he sounded hungover...]

I don't think I like... high grade.

[A beat passes, metal scrapes -- someone pressing a hand to his face.]

For what it's worth... I'm sorry. To anyone I ran into.

And... the Chieftain? [He hesitates again, this time for different reasons.] My offer to you still stands. Regardless of how I acted... afterward.

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[littlecrowgirl]

Who knows...it could have been robot alcohol for all we know!

[She puts on her thinking face.]

You know, that's probably it. I saw a lot of wacky bots there.

[thxforthememories]

Robot... alcohol...?

[He blinks at her, frowning.]

They didn't hurt you, did they?

[littlecrowgirl]

[Oh Kagerou, you're such a worried little bro.]

I guess so! What else could it be?

[She smiles and shakes her head.]

Nope! Still fit as a fiddle!

[thxforthememories]

I don't know. I didn't even know there was such a thing, until last night.

[He uncurls enough to hold his hand out to her.]

Good. I'm... I'm sorry I couldn't watch you.

[littlecrowgirl]

Don't worry, Kagerou! You deserve to let loose once in awhile! I mean, that's the spice of life isn't it?

[She leans into that hand instinctively, giving a soft smile. Vandal had told her to take it easy on him.]

Don't worry about it.

[thxforthememories]

... I don't know. Is it?

[It's an honest question. He keeps his hand right where it is, though.]

I do -- You're a friend. It's... normal to worry over friends.

[littlecrowgirl]

[She only giggles at that.]

Don't worry, it is!

[Those eyes soften, looking down at her tea again.]

Hehe...you're right. It's the most normal thing in the world.

[thxforthememories]

Letting loose is the spice of life...

[He trails off, considering that. Then he nods.] If you say it's true, then I believe you.

[His hand curls around her a little more.]

I'm glad that I can be normal. In... some days.

[littlecrowgirl]

[She takes a sip of that tea, rubbing her back against that hand, nestling into it.]

You fit right in with everyone, you know.

[thxforthememories]

Do I?

[He doesn't move his hand, letting her settle into it until she's comfortable.]

I don't see it.

[littlecrowgirl]

Everyone's kind of odd here. So...odd is the normal, you know?

[thxforthememories]

Because everyone is... strange. That makes us normal?

[littlecrowgirl]

Exactly!

Besides, the world would be pretty boring if there weren't strange people.

[thxforthememories]

It would? I haven't seen enough of it... not to say that for sure.

[littlecrowgirl]

Don't worry about that. You will, when you get back home.

[No he won't you stupid child. )8]

[thxforthememories]

... I hope that I can.

[He hopes that he can live when they return. Not knowing though... it's hard.]

[littlecrowgirl]

I'll tell you what. Take me with you, and I'll show you the whole world, okay?

[thxforthememories]

You want to come with me...?

[littlecrowgirl]

I...Is that okay?

[thxforthememories]

... Yes, Kay.

[oh wow that is a legitimate smile there.]

I think it's more than 'okay'.

1/2

[littlecrowgirl]

[Oh wow. She was not expecting that. Kagerou was smiling, and he wasn't even intoxicated. In fact, it was a smile while he was HUNGOVER.

He looked so cute when he smiled.]

2/2

[littlecrowgirl]

[Okay, she can't hold it in anymore. She leaps up from that hand and scrambles to his face, wrapping her arms around it and smiling widely.]

Thank you!!

[thxforthememories]

[What.]

[What is happening. Why is -- she's attached to his face. He's too startled to do much more than lie there, his optic suddenly very wide.]

Kay... what...?

[littlecrowgirl]

[She can't help it. While she'd miss Edgeworth back home for sure...there was nothing really holding her there. No one cared like Kagerou did.]

I won't leave you ever.

[thxforthememories]

I won't leave you, either.

You'll come home with me. Everything will be all right... we'll both get to see him.

[Because that's the most important thing, right? They'll be a -- they'll be something he doesn't have a name for.]