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Tale #17

Waves

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Kokone

Alpha-san's room was exactly like I'd thought it would be.

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Alpha

Hmm ?

Kokone

You like fish, don't you ?

Alpha

Yeah...

Dunno why, but as long as I can remember...

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Alpha

I've made things or picked them up sort of haphazardly...
And then just kept them around.

Kokone

Ah.
I was especially taken by this musical instrument.
She said it was her owner's; she called it a Moon Harp.

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Alpha

Just a little while, then ?
I don't usually play for anyone else...
At least, not recently...

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Kokone

It was the first time I'd seen her look like this...

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Kokone

It sort of started out like an old children's song;
And then added in a Latin feel beneath it.
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Kokone

My feelings became so wrapped up in the strumming...
That I could hum along as if I knew the song.

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Kokone

The music changed;
Alpha-san was humming, too...
Two voices sang with the Moon Harp...
The three melted together, all other sound dropping away...

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Kokone

It was a magical moment...
I know we were breathing together, singing in unision...

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Kokone

While the final chord faded away, hanging in the air...

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Alpha

That was certainly...
Something, wasn't it ?

Kokone

I know we were singing...

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Kokone

But I can't quite remember it.

Alpha

S-some tea, then ?

Kokone

Uh...yeah, sounds good.

Tale #17: Closing