AUDIENCE FOR: Tsurumaru

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[guestservices]

That sounds like an extremely unhealthy relationship.

[preowned]

No, it's fine, I know she loves me!

[guestservices]

[a slow nod...]

Tsurumaru. Why don't you just tell me what this is all about?

[THIS QUESTIONING.]

[preowned]

Oh. Right.

[ he got distracted ]

Do you have a dog?

[guestservices]

Oh. Yes, I do, but where did that question come from?

[preowned]

I heard that you did and I got mad that you might have told someone and not me... as fellow pet owners...

[guestservices]

Well you never asked, so how was I supposed to mention it? [they tilt their head.] Who told you I might have?

[preowned]

I heard from Dimitri...

What's your dog's name? Is it a girl or boy? Treats?

[guestservices]

Ah. Of course you did. [there's a hum and aquarius...seems to think.] Hachi. Boy. He's picky about treats though. Don't worry about it.

[preowned]

Hm... okay.

But I would eventually like to meet him.

[guestservices]

Eventually. Maybe after your contract's finished? You guys do have some work to do still...

[preowned]

Yeah.

But I think it helps people to make plans for after. It helps make things feel a little less dark.

[guestservices]

[wow where did my icon go in the last tag. anyway.]

A little bit of optimism, right? [they sound bemused.] Count on it for after, then. What other plans have you made?

[preowned]

Hm, I want to see people... you know, check on them, make sure they're not secretly dead.

[guestservices]

It would be great if people weren't secretly dead. [agreed!] You had that ability to go out and check on people after the camp and the village, right?

[preowned]

Mmhm. So even if we don't get something like that here, I should still be able to visit.

[guestservices]

Good. That's at least one thing to hold on to no matter what happens here.

[preowned]

... yeah.

Silver linings, right?

[guestservices]

Right. I'm not great at finding those, but I've heard they're nice.

[preowned]

I am sure you can somehow manage.

[guestservices]

And if I said I was more of a realist than an optimist?

[preowned]

Hm... I think that should depend more on the situation, right?

[guestservices]

[they gesture to the hotel around them.]

What about this situation?

[preowned]

Hm...

Realist, but it is hard to get through the day without a pinch of optimism?

[guestservices]

[they consider this.]

...there isn't much we can offer in the way of optimism for all of you. So I can only leave it to you.