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So, about that fortune-telling card that you lost, Orochi. You wanted me to draw you another one with a brook. So, here are a few drafts.
No, no, no... It has to be identical! You missed the fish! And what's all this other stuff? This draft has a waterfall. That draft, mountains!
Ah, you meant you wanted a scene that was absolutely identical?
That was the idea. But if you've forgotten, then fine, whatever. Do something new.
Why are you being so peevish?
Peevish? How can you say that when you're the one who's—
Orochi. Just stop. What have I done?
It's what you haven't done!
Are you going to keep riddling in circles? I can't read your mind.
That card, Kagero... That card was the most important one in my deck. I had a special attachment to it. I mean, to the SCENE you drew on it. The brook was where we first met.
Oh! The brook near—
Yes, THAT brook. Remember now? You were training by the water. And I tripped over a stone, then a second stone, and fell onto you.
Onto me. Then we, into the water. You dropped the herbs you were gathering.
You do remember.
It made a big impression on me. I was so young—so intent on practicing.
While you were so clumsy. You recruited me into collecting the herbs before they—
Floated away, right! And then you couldn't get rid of me after that. We played all the time! I thought you'd forgotten.
Sorry, Orochi. But you know, the only thing I forgot was the card itself. If I came across as insensitive...?
Nope. I'm the one who lost the card—and thought you were being a jerk. I should have fessed up completely at the start. But I felt bad enough already.
You take things far too far, instead of just getting to the point.
What a delicate petal you are. One wonders why you befriended me.
I liked the shadow you cast.
Hmm. Well, how about we take a stroll? There's a brook near here. I've been thinking lately how much it's like where we met.
What—it is? And you have?
Yes. And yes.
Lead the way!
It'll be the perfect setting for drawing that card exactly as you remember it.