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Tale #19

Northern Erosion

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Alpha

The great crumbling North...
There, where the sea wind breaks,

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Alpha

I saw an unusual sight.

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Alpha

Wow!!

Ayase

Ack!!
I nearly jumped out of my skin!

Alpha

Aww...!

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Alpha

Awwwww...
It left....

Ayase

Oh, it'll come back.

Alpha

Eh?
Oh...

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Ayase

See.

Alpha

I-It's amazing!
H-have we met before?

Ayase

Met?
We may've bumped into each other.

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Alpha

It's really good at it...
At flying.

Ayase

It's a strange sort of fish...
It has skin like wax.
It likes to look around above...
When it does, it's eyes are protected by goggles.

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Alpha

You must be from around here.

Ayase

Mm...I come and go as I please.
You get sort of used to being by yourself.
I guess.

Alpha

I'm sorry,
Really.
I don't think Ojisan knows you.
He'd have mentioned.

Ayase

Hmm.

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Alpha

Am I bothering you?

Ayase

Hunh? No, not at all!

Alpha

I run a coffee shop to the south, on the 'west cape.'
Please stop in if you're in the area.

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Ayase

The west cape.
Not my usual haunt;
There's a shop there?

Alpha

It's fairly well-know!
(I'm told)

Ayase

Hunh.
Mm, be seeing you then.

Alpha

Please do.

Ayase

Ah!

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Ayase

Do you know Takahiro?
Oops.
Calm down.

Alpha

(Ouch)

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Alpha

T-takahiro?
(Oh, thanks)

Ayase

You know him?

Alpha

Of course I do! You do to?

Ayase

Yeah, we met a while back, how's he been?

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Ayase

I'm known as Ayase.
We had a little run in with the Misago last time...

Alpha

M-misago?

Ayase

Oh.
Can't keep my mouth shut...

Tale 19: Closing