Well—I guess I'm really just a guest there, but—you're a friend of Shishiou's, right, if you're here?
[ "here" like. in the ideal world. this is a normal sentence structure ]
Or Leo's, if that's what you know him by—but it seems like the performance his knights want to put on needs a fifth person, and they were talking about asking someone else...
"Is that what you're here for? To fix the problems of a bunch of squabbling Knights?" [ it's not said unkindly, as he slides himself off the back of the camel and pats its neck in thanks. ]
Well, it's really more for Shi—Leo, I guess, and they're his friends, right? But...
If he wrote a piece for five, then he should have an idea of who the fifth person should be, shouldn't he? Who'd be... ideal for that. But he doesn't seem to want to say.
"Of course I know who you are, I'm everyone's Mama! Mikeji-Mama! I'm here to help guide the lost, and to give a little push to anyone who needs it. So... if you're here, that must mean you need a bit of help. Have a seat why don'tcha?"
Well—I guess... you know, I said he should have a crown earlier, and he said that he doesn't want to wear a heavy thing like that all the time.
And he says he's not good at much other than composing, but I wonder... is that really true? He has the kind of personality that seems like it should be in front of other people. But he's always seemed kind of lonely to me...
[ he nods, and he is also sitting. somehow you didn't catch when he sat down. ] "You're not wrong there. ... that boy loves people, more than anything. But just because someone loves something, doesn't necessarily mean they'll be loved back. That's a hard lesson for a child to learn."
[ anyways there is also now a pitcher of cold lemonade. help yourself. ]
"He wrote that song for five people for a reason. I think you already know what that reason is. Course I can't hold your hand the whole way, otherwise how'll you learn?"
[ it's not-too-sweet and very refreshing. a great cure to the desert heat! ]
"That I can't help you with. I'm part of this world too, after all. I'm just his ideal version of Mikeji-mama... the great traveler who whisked him up in my all-loving embrace while he was at his lowest, away to a faraway land where he didn't know which way was up and what way was down, just to experience the kindness of strangers and know what it means to miss what he had taken for granted.
But here... I can't fix him here. Cause he can't fix himself. He's lost all faith in himself, by now."
"Nothing ventured nothing gained, so they say! And I should be thanking you." [ he stands up, and offers her a hand. you know. just in case that completely impractical chair's tough to get out of. ]
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oh. there's someone here to see her jump like a foot in the air out of alarm. ]
—you're the Wanderer...?
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[ on top of the camel is... this guy, sitting cross-legged with a carefree grin ]
"Howdy! Shouldn't your sort be back at the castle? What brings you all the way out here?"
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[ "here" like. in the ideal world. this is a normal sentence structure ]
Or Leo's, if that's what you know him by—but it seems like the performance his knights want to put on needs a fifth person, and they were talking about asking someone else...
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"What do you think they should do, Miss Shrike?"
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Well, it's really more for Shi—Leo, I guess, and they're his friends, right? But...
If he wrote a piece for five, then he should have an idea of who the fifth person should be, shouldn't he? Who'd be... ideal for that. But he doesn't seem to want to say.
...you know who I am?
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"Of course I know who you are, I'm everyone's Mama! Mikeji-Mama! I'm here to help guide the lost, and to give a little push to anyone who needs it. So... if you're here, that must mean you need a bit of help. Have a seat why don'tcha?"
[ suddenly there are two seats in the middle of the desert ]
"Now, tell me... why d'you think Shishiou's being so squirrely about the performance?"
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Well—I guess... you know, I said he should have a crown earlier, and he said that he doesn't want to wear a heavy thing like that all the time.
And he says he's not good at much other than composing, but I wonder... is that really true? He has the kind of personality that seems like it should be in front of other people. But he's always seemed kind of lonely to me...
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[ anyways there is also now a pitcher of cold lemonade. help yourself. ]
"He wrote that song for five people for a reason. I think you already know what that reason is. Course I can't hold your hand the whole way, otherwise how'll you learn?"
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[ she does pour herself a glass of lemonade. it seems like the thing to do. ]
Fear of rejection, huh...?
But—well, it's not enough to know the why of it, right? Getting him to stand behind that reason... is definitely a lot harder.
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"That I can't help you with. I'm part of this world too, after all. I'm just his ideal version of Mikeji-mama... the great traveler who whisked him up in my all-loving embrace while he was at his lowest, away to a faraway land where he didn't know which way was up and what way was down, just to experience the kindness of strangers and know what it means to miss what he had taken for granted.
But here... I can't fix him here. Cause he can't fix himself. He's lost all faith in himself, by now."
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[ she taps at her chin lightly, thoughtful. ]
Well, I'll try some things, and some of them will probably make me look pretty silly, but that's fine.
...thank you, Mama.
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"Thank you for not giving up."
[ there's another door ]
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also. holy shit. that door. ]
...do you have to do anything special to just make doors? Sena acted like I should know.
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...somehow I expected it to be less simple, or something like that.
Well, I guess—maybe I should go find him, then.
[ Time to wish for Leo and go through the cowboy door. ]
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Now back to our regular non-cowboy-related programming.