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Really?! No wonder you're so big! I guess I owe you two birthday presents, then.
[Clementine nods, but she waves her hand a bit.]
I don't really have any use for birthday presents. I can't really keep them when I go home.
I don't really have any use for birthday presents. I can't really keep them when I go home.
Birthday presents aren't supposed to be useful! They're just supposed to make you happy and let you know that people are thinking of you! I bet if I made you a bracelet or a hair clip, you could take it with you.
[Hajime is imperturbable, as usual. Three days, three years, three centuries and that wouldn't change.]
[Hajime is imperturbable, as usual. Three days, three years, three centuries and that wouldn't change.]
Okay, I guess. I have to keep my hair tied back somehow.
[Clementine doesn't match her enthusiasm, she's pretty exhausted. She's been awake a long time.]
[Clementine doesn't match her enthusiasm, she's pretty exhausted. She's been awake a long time.]
Yup! Mitsuhide still wears the flowers I made him in his hair. I bet he's going to make a SUPER MEGA SADFACE when he sees you. Maybe we should sneak on board so he doesn't go into gloomy mode.
[They probably could. It's not like they have super tight security.]
[They probably could. It's not like they have super tight security.]
Why's he going to be sad to see me?
[Clementine keeps walking along behind her, content enough to let her chatter. Her eyes are hard at work, looking for unseen enemies.]
[Clementine keeps walking along behind her, content enough to let her chatter. Her eyes are hard at work, looking for unseen enemies.]
Because he worries about everybody all the time and he's been really sad since you disappeared. And now you're back but you're hurt and you're sad, so of course he's just gonna worry even more.
[Hajime stops and turns, then swings her arm out and points at Clem.]
And Clem needs to stop worrying, too! You're safe here, remember? You've got a genuine superhero big sister!
[Hajime stops and turns, then swings her arm out and points at Clem.]
And Clem needs to stop worrying, too! You're safe here, remember? You've got a genuine superhero big sister!
[She sighs a little and shakes her head.]
I'm not that worried out here. I'm not even armed right now.
I'm not that worried out here. I'm not even armed right now.
Then stop looking and looking and looking. You're not gonna see it, no matter how much you want to.
[Clementine exhales.]
There's a lot of people here.
There's a lot of people here.
Mmhm. It's new arrival day! A lot of them have journals like us, so you know you don't have to worry about them! I've been talking to them allll morning.
It doesn't matter anymore.
[Clementine explains in a soft murmur.]
Dead or alive, they're all dangerous.
[Clementine explains in a soft murmur.]
Dead or alive, they're all dangerous.
Maybe, but they're not dangerous to us. I'm sure it was very sad where you were, Clem, because you're very sad too, but you aren't there now. Mitsuhide doesn't want to go back, either, so I don't see why you can't stay here with him when we find all the shards. We just have to wish the right way.
[It's much more sober and serious than she usually speaks, and much more straightforward as well.]
[It's much more sober and serious than she usually speaks, and much more straightforward as well.]
I'm not sad. I'm just...this is how things are. This is just how it is.
[She's skittish, nervous and still looking around. Clementine is not looking for a protector anymore, she needs to fend for herself.]
[She's skittish, nervous and still looking around. Clementine is not looking for a protector anymore, she needs to fend for herself.]
Well, it's not anymore, is it? No more bad thoughts!
[She crosses her arms and nods emphatically.]
[She crosses her arms and nods emphatically.]
[Clementine frowns at Hajime, and shrugs a little bit.]
For now. I can go back anytime, I guess.
For now. I can go back anytime, I guess.
Then I'd be the only one from our original crew left! That's no good!
It's not good no. Going home was a surprise.
[She mutters under her breath.]
Not a very good one.
[She mutters under her breath.]
Not a very good one.
[Clem is just unrelentingly gloomy. She hopes getting back on board the ship will cheer her up a little, otherwise there's going to be a big black cloud of gloom and doom over the ship. Mitsuhide's not going to take it well, that's for sure.]
If you won't be happy here, it's going to be like you're still there.
If you won't be happy here, it's going to be like you're still there.
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