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[kimi no kakera] shiro

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「There's a white-haired boy on the beach, fully dressed for wintry weather. He's also wearing a cape and a pair of manacles. Oh, and he's vigorously gnawing on a tree, and yes, he's making progress.

Chomp chomp, nom nom. Bother, y/n?」

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It's a tree. It won't answer.

'Trees' can't talk? That sucks. I dunno what I'd do if I couldn't talk. Oh yeah, and are you 'friend'? or 'foe'?

Trees can't talk. They're alive, but they're not capable of speech.

And I'm neither.

Neither, huh? Well, you see, my grampa--and when I say grampa, I mean the man who found me and raised me--told me to protect my 'friends' and kill my 'foes', so I gotta know which one people are.

I'll stay in the middle.

So I gotta protect you and kill you at the same time? How does that even work?

Work it out somehow.

So I can hit you on the head really hard and make sure other people don't? Like that?

No.

Oh, well, okay, how about... how about I step on your feet really hard and make sure other people don't? That work?

No.

Then, gosh, what am I supposed to do with you? I hope there aren't too many people 'in the middle'. This is tough.

Ask your grandpa about it the next time you see him.

I don't remember who he is or how to see him, but he's looking for a 'hitogata'--hey, do you know what a 'hitogata' is? I'm looking for one too.

No.

How about a 'sun'? I'm looking for one of those too.

[points to the sky]

That's the sun? It's pretty big.

It's a giant star.

What's a 'star'?

Gaseous and luminous spheres in the sky.

Wow. You're really smart, but I didn't get that, like, at all. I was told that the 'sun' is supposed to be big and warm and bright.

That's what I said.

Really? Why didn't I get it when you said it then, gosh? It's really embarrassing, but I'm like, always forgetting things like this.

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