I was on my bed. It took a while, but the tears had finally started to pour.
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I couldn't control myself anymore.
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Are these really the values we're being taught...individualism? Only thinking about ourselves?
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We're supposed to feel good about receiving our own gift?
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I was alone. Nobody cared for me.
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I felt terrible. The worst since...
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Since...that accident...
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That's it...I don't want to go to the Drums.
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📖 Lexicon word for Drums: ドラム
They've always meant bad luck for me.
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I was recalling today's events in my head, trying to think of the positives.
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"Thanks again, Graff. Without you, I couldn't have done it!"
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
No... You were better off without me...
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Gosh, I even made someone bleed.
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As usual, trying to do the right thing came back at me like a boomerang...
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Stop, Graff...focus. I said positives!
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
And then it dawned on me.
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The best parts were the ones we weren't forced to do.
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I loved the old tradition's tale, and all those artefacts.
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The snowglobe, the pine tree and garlands...
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They were all so pretty, so inviting, and looking at them relieved my stress.
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I enjoyed helping that rat.
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In retrospect, although he lied about his species, he really seemed to need that mattress.
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Poor guy...I wish I could do something more for him.
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I actually enjoyed pushing that rat.
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Well... erm... what I mean is...
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It felt really good to be in action. To feel useful.
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I wish it happened more often...
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"If you wish for something hard enough, it can happen."
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I don't really know if there's such a god or whatever the Santail is, but...
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Please. I'm begging you.
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I want my friend back.
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This is the only gift I want. Write it down on my list.
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This day is meaningless if I have no one to share it with.
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If I can't be with the one person in the world I need the most.
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He's always been so kind to me.
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Just like the <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col> decorations, a glance at him relieved my worries.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
We always helped each other with homework.
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I can't bear thinking he might fade away from my life someday, like a snowflake landing softly on warm skin.
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Wait, what a weird thought. I don't even know what snow's like?...
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Right when I was laughing at the absurdity of it...
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Must be Brok. Of course, he forgot to take his key again.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
Ott!
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
...Hi, Graff.
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
You know...I get it.
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It wasn't much of a choice.
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That still doesn't absolve me from what I did.
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I'll tell everything to the Director.
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📖 Lexicon word for Director: 校長
You shouldn't! Because then...
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I don't want to go to the Drums anymore.
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📖 Lexicon word for Drums: ドラム
Not like this, anyway...not if I had to lie to everyone.
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Including my delicious past...
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Including my lov...
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Including my sworn enem...
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Including my guardian ang...
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Including you, pitiful creat...
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Including my best friend.
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Graff, I...
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Look. I'll send a message, right now.
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Alright. But promise me...
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Whatever happens, we'll stay friends.
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I'll send a message too, then.
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If there's one lesson to learn from all this, it's that...
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...we have to share everything, and that includes the blame.
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Wow, you read my mind!
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We should really have read those rules, huh?
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Yeah! Although, that wouldn't have changed the outcome. We were both short on money.
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Well, don't just stand there! Come in!
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We both wrote a message to the Director, explaining our day and the reason we did what we did.
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📖 Lexicon word for Director: 校長
I knew I had screwed up my future, yet I felt relieved.
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This was the right thing to do.
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It's done. We're both permanent Slumers now.
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📖 Lexicon word for Slumers: スラムの住人
📖 Lexicon word for Slumer: スラムのヤツ
Hey, you're smiling!
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Yeah! Wanna know why?
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It's silly, but...I've been told that if you wish for something hard enough, it can materialize.
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Well, my wish got granted.
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Did it? Where did you hide your mountain of wealth?!
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Ahhh, you're stupid!
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Incidentally, I learned the same thing too. What are the odds it happened to both of us on the same day?...
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Well...the day is far from over. Anything you wanna do?
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You know...I've been thinking.
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Everything that went wrong was due to one single thing.
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I know. <col=BLUE>Natal Untail</col>. I hate it.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Untail: (Not translated)
This whole tradition is rotten.
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Earlier today I helped an Untail believer set up her stall.
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I took pictures. Look!
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Wow! That is real pretty. I've never seen anything like it!
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How about decorating our homes?
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For real?! How do you suggest we even do that?
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We can't afford to buy all that stuff...
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Well...I've got some ideas!
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Come on, it'll be fun!
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Me and Ott rushed to the landfill next to my apartment.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
We collected junk, and we were going to do the best we could with them.
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With a bunch of bottle caps and wires, we made some improvised garlands.
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With old lightbulbs and strings, we had balls to hang on our future pine tree.
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No chance we'll ever find a pine tree though. Or any tree, for that matter.
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We may not need to!
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Ott approached the carcass of an old Tribot.
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📖 Lexicon word for Tribot: トライボット
📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
What?...How could this be...
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Ott took one of the spray paints he had given me for an art lesson earlier this year.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
He painted it green from head to toe.
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To my surprise, the result was pretty good.
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We proceeded to insert sticks through various holes so that we could hang our home-made garlands on it later.
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Thankfully, the internal components have been already removed, so it was light enough to carry around!
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Oh, got another idea!
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With these two ceiling globes of different sizes...
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I'll put some glue on the base here...
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And spray paint them white.
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...ohhhh! Just like a snowman!
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He's just missing a face. And a nose. And...
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We carried on like this for an hour.
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It was one of the happiest moments of my life.
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How ironic that it came right after one of the worst.
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We were laughing at each other for all our stupid ideas, and yet the results outshined all our expectations.
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We brought all this home, when...
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Hey, kiddos, what are you doing with all this junk?
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Brok! You're back!
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
That's not junk. It's <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col> decorations!
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
Ah, just let us set up everything.
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Oh no! That reminds me!...
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I need to head home! The flood...!
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You mean...you actually...?!
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Got your message, Graff. As soon as I was done with my client, I dropped by your friend's home.
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Was easy peasy with the right tools!
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Well, it's a temporary fix, but good enough for now.
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Graff...I don't know what to say!
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
I had felt so guilty, lost in my thoughts. Sending Brok that message was the least I could do.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
Thanks, Brok.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
Erm, friend-of-Graff?
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Ott!
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
Yeah, your parents said they'll need an hour or two to clean up, so you can stay over with us for now.
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Come on Ott, let's set everything up!
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
With the help of Brok, we went even further.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
We made plenty more to decorate the hall and the front of our building.
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It was inviting and friendly, like the entrance to a party.
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Great job, kiddos! This is wonderful!
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Well, dunno about you, but I'm starting to feel a bit peckish!
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Unfortunately, it's not like we...
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Huh? Who's at the door?
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Is it already time to pick me up?
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Well, we came by to thank you for saving our day!
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What a mouthwatering smell!
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I prepared too many roasted bugs yesterday. With the leak, we had no time to eat properly.
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Plus some dessert. I hope you like Appolze pie?
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Oh, man! I love those!
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I tried to make that pie before, but it was a disaster. Ya gotta give me your recipe!
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By the way, what's with all the weird ornaments?
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Dad, we're celebrating <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col>!
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
You mean <col=BLUE>Natal Untail</col>?
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Untail: (Not translated)
Nope! We're doing it the way of the ancients!
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Hey, guys, what do you say we all have dinner together?
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There's not much space, and not enough seats, but...maybe we can scooch the sofa to the table?
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That's the spirit, Brok!
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
Yeah! I learn fast!
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And this is how we all got to spend the evening together.
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We took turns and told stories.
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Ott chose to explain how the best part of his day was helping a robot and a dying man at the Border Post.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
I just realized he's homeless now.
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I should have given him our address. We could have hosted him.
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Don't feel so bad, Son. If what you say is true, you gave him the most precious gift of all.
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I'll make sure to send a wish his way, if it helps.
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We can do one together. Always worth a try!
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And this is how we all spent the evening together.
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We took turns sharing stories.
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Ott chose to talk about how the best part of his day was helping a robot, but also how he regretted not helping a dying man at the Border Post.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
I'm disappointed, son.
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No "dad." Let this be a lesson for the future.
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It doesn't matter how big or small you are. You should always try to help others.
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I understand... and I'll pray for his safety.
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I chose to mimic Ott and told all those around the table about the Squealer.
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: (Not translated)
📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
At the mention of that name, everyone thought I was crazy for helping him.
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But once I finished...
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On this special day, we both loved those unplanned, selfless acts.
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Even if we didn't earn money from them, we got a different, intangible reward.
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Hey, that's what I do everyday! Pretty much, anyway!...
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You're not wrong, ha ha!
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I decided to mimic Ott and told everyone at the table about the Squealer.
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: (Not translated)
📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
Graff? Really?!
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Yeah! I wish you were here to see it!
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I pushed him hard, straight at the drone!
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I was so relieved to see it work.
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How could you do this?!
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What do you mean?...this saved my life!
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And I'm grateful for that, but it doesn't excuse causing pain to others.
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Who cares! He's just one of many Squealers.
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📖 Lexicon word for Squealers: スクイラー
📖 Lexicon word for Squealer: (Not translated)
My boy, we're going to have a serious talk.
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I got the ultimate telling-off.
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But he was right. That was a selfish act.
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I'm not more important than this rat. And after what I did, maybe even less.
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We all make mistakes, but a person's worth is defined by how willing they are to fix them.
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Never again. From now on, I'll put others before my own well-being.
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I made peace with myself so we could continue the celebration.
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We told jokes, we laughed, we ate delicious food.
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Sharing and giving. Spending time with loved ones.
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Unknowingly, we all captured the true meaning of <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col>.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
I started to notice Ott had been recording videos of our private celebration.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
Suddenly, he shut off his phone and made a more serious face.
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Graff. It's time.
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
We owe the truth to our parents.
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Mom, Dad...We have some unfortunate news.
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Me and Graff...we won't be going to the Drums.
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
📖 Lexicon word for Drums: ドラム
Graff...is that true?...
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
...yes. All because of stupid rules.
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We explained how a lack of Unis from our labor forced us to pay for the cheapest item together.
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📖 Lexicon word for Unis: ユニス
📖 Lexicon word for Uni: ユニ
I'm sorry, Dad. I know how much this meant to you...
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Ott looked as if he was preparing to get the biggest scolding of his life.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
Those benevolent acts were a mistake. Spending your time on them was the cause of your failure.
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We've invested so much into your future. You had no right to do this.
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You failed me, you failed your family.
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Honey, I'm not sure...
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Come closer, Son. And that's an order.
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That's what I would say if I was one of those heartless robots who only care about cold data.
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But I'm not. I'm human, and so are you.
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We make mistakes, and sometimes it's for the best.
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I understand the reasons why you did it, and I won't put the blame on you, because...
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Hey, I would have done the same.
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Come on, give a hug to your old dad!
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They embraced each other, though with the expression on Ott's face I could tell he was being hugged a bit too tight.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
As long as you act with your heart, with reason, we'll always support you.
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I'm not saying I'm happy about it, but...
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We shouldn't accept it. The kids did the right thing.
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I'll solve this with your Director tomorrow.
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📖 Lexicon word for Director: 校長
That won't be necessary.
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We all lifted our heads to look at an unexpected scene.
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At the entrance were the Director and Klay.
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📖 Lexicon word for Director: 校長
📖 Lexicon word for Klay: クレイ
What's going on? And...who left the door open?!
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I have the keys to the whole city.
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We've been here for a while, and none of you even noticed. Are you guys drunk or what?...
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Well, I'm not pleased about this intrusion of our privacy...
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I'm here thanks to my son.
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Klay? What did you do exactly?
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📖 Lexicon word for Klay: クレイ
...the right thing, I hope.
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Let's just say, I have a better understanding of the situation from earlier today.
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In addition, I noticed your efforts to celebrate this evening, even after a hard day of work.
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Despite not being the intended way, you've shown creativity and skill. Congratulations.
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Therefore, I shall grant you an exception.
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You can continue your studies and hope to integrate into the Drums soon.
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📖 Lexicon word for Drums: ドラム
If Mom says so, then it is.
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Sucks I'll be stuck with you a while longer...
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I...want this chance.
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It won't be easy though. You're not done yet.
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Hey, Robot Madam, can you really bend the rules that easily?
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No rule was bent. It's solely about the interpretation.
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I can't punish students for not reading the rules when I didn't read them carefully enough myself.
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You mean...you didn't write them?
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Maybe...maybe we've been wrong.
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Only time will tell.
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Now, we're not going to be a bother much longer.
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You can stay with us a bit longer.
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Urgh. You guys are way too corny and smelly in here.
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No worries! I'll hand you a good vomit bag.
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Graff!...Don't disrespect this scrawny lion boy.
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Scrawny?! I'll show you scrawny!...
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Oh, come on! You've got no chance in a fight against Brok!
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
Hmmph! Just you wait...
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Klay. You are factually a scrawny mountain lion.
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📖 Lexicon word for Klay: クレイ
We enjoyed ourselves for a bit longer.
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And when it was all said and done...
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You know what would make this perfect though?
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(Sigh) Sorry to disappoint, Son.
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It's not like anyone could generate snow at will.
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Well, I guess Shay could. She's not your regular hum...
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📖 Lexicon word for Shay: シェイ
Hey, wait...maybe we can after all!
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You said you left a mattress around here, right?
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Yeah, in front of our building. Why?
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Brok retrieved a big weapon that looked like a toy, then left.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
We all followed him as he picked the mattress up, only to watch him tear a hole in it.
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Whoa! Hey, you're destroying it!
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Yeah, but for a good cause.
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He took the synthetic fibers, put them inside the gun, and shot it in the air.
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That actually worked!
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It's...it's just like snow!
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The particles fell onto us, gently, as though time itself had begun to move in slow motion.
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Well, it's not exactly the same, not as cold or...
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Quiet, Brok.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
Let me...let's just enjoy this.
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Ott took his phone and started filming.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
Mom. Should we tell'em?...
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The Slums deserve to experience it, too.
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📖 Lexicon word for Slums: スラム
I was very pleased. Everything had turned out way better than I could have ever expected.
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...there's still one part of <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col> missing.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
Hey, I already bought myself something.
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No, Klay.
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📖 Lexicon word for Klay: クレイ
Giving presents to others.
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Well, as it so happens...I do have a gift for you, Graff.
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Merry <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col>.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
Amazing! But...how?!
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I didn't even say anything!
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Hey, can't live with someone without figuring out a thing or two!
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Maybe it can play games?
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Would you let me try it, Graff?
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Son, I'll get you one too.
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Really? You would?!
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If you keep working hard, it's a promise. Consider this a late <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col> gift to you.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
Awesome! Ott, we'll be able to play games together, even at a distance!
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
If you have to use that money for something more important, that's okay.
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Nothing's more important than you, Son.
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Thanks, but this is getting embarassing...
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Still offering that vomit bag, Graff? I feel like I'm gonna need it...
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Actually, I have something better.
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Here, Klay. For you.
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📖 Lexicon word for Klay: クレイ
Why the heck would I want this barely-less-ugly-than-Ott piggybank?!
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
You bought this for yourselves!
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I'm sure you're the biggest spender of us.
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I cannot deny that.
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Mom!...Why do you always have to shame me in public...
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I am merely stating a fact.
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Holy...did I really hear what I think I did?
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It's called being polite, you dummies.
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Why are you looking at me like that?
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Alright, enough. I get you.
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After all, my natural scent is amazing. Don't need this.
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Take it, Ott. Even if I doubt the most powerful fragrance could cover your hog stench.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
Thanks a lot, Klay!
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📖 Lexicon word for Klay: クレイ
Very well. This is our time to say goodbye.
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He loves that piggybank.
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Sure does. Look how hard he was holding onto it!
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After they left, we continued the improvised gifting.
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Among other things, I gave Ott a poster of the MasterTweaks. We were both fans of this musical group.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
I didn't really have anything to give to Brok, but he said he only wanted to see me happy.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
I'll still find something for him in the next few days.
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We were going to call it an evening and Ott was leaving with his parents.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
The night had arrived, but it hadn't arrived alone.
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Curious inhabitants from our building noticed the bright decorations and were attracted like flies to a flame.
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So we spent a while to explain what it all meant.
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Soon, people from the next block came to visit, and then more from further away.
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Eventually, they took videos of our decorations and posted them on the Triweb.
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📖 Lexicon word for Triweb: トライウェブ
The word was spreading, going viral.
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Me and Ott spent the last hours of the day making our own video too.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
We gave silly tips for making the decorations, which folks eventually considered as a tutorial.
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In another video, we used footage of our dinner to explain the meaning of <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col>.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
Why sharing was important to us. How gifts to others were much more rewarding than keeping them to ourselves.
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The next day, our video had garnered a thousand views.
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Slumer kids reproduced our decorations and soon the sector was filled with them.
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📖 Lexicon word for Slumer: スラムのヤツ
That day, most who followed <col=BLUE>Natal Untail</col>'s rules and bought goods for themselves ended up giving them to someone close to them instead...
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Untail: (Not translated)
...promising that the next year, they would get them something more personal.
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Two days after, it was the whole Slums. Our video was reaching hundreds of thousands of views.
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📖 Lexicon word for Slums: スラム
Basically, the entire Slums population that was connected to the Triweb experienced it, and it started expanding to the Drums.
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📖 Lexicon word for Triweb: トライウェブ
📖 Lexicon word for Drums: ドラム
📖 Lexicon word for Slums: スラム
We got asked how we made snow happen.
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Brok decided to spend some time using Shay's gun for children to have fun under the fake snow.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
📖 Lexicon word for Shay: シェイ
One kid or two accidentally swallowed some of the fibers.
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Thankfully, they're okay...but that made Brok be more cautious.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
I asked Brok to pick up more mattresses.
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📖 Lexicon word for Brok: ブロク
We left them at the entrance of the sewers.
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Hopefully, that rat could finally have something soft to sleep on...
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Later on, a special announcement was made from the Government.
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From now on, <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col> would officially return.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)
Under conditions: decorations could only be made from recycling old materials, and gifts were forbidden to be thrown away.
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We'll see how well these rules would be followed, but in the mean time, Ott and I were pleased to be the ones who started all this.
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📖 Lexicon word for Ott: オット
They also promoted Santail and sold disguises. Children were invited to make lists of wishes.
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I was starting to get concerned that the commercial aspect would take over again.
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In addition, a spectacle was organized for everyone to see.
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Our mesmerized gazes were directed to the dome, which was generating fake snow.
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📖 Lexicon word for The Dome: ドーム
I suspect this is what inspired snow globes in the first place.
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Graff!...Look!
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📖 Lexicon word for Graff: グラッフ
Merry <col=BOLD>Natal Tail</col>, everyone.
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📖 Lexicon word for Natal Tail: (Not translated)