AUDIENCE FOR: Mikazuki Munechika

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[it's been a day]

Oh, I would never hope to dictate your mind.

Anything from you is welcome.

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... Well, how things turned out was a surprise even to us, I imagine. My thoughts are that you have a long night ahead of you.

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Ha ha ha... So many mysteries suddenly resolved. By now, it is only Aikawa's killer that I still desire to find.

[but once they make it to the wisteria tree, jiji will move to sit at its base. but also since he didn't bring his tip himself,]

Shall we partake upon my offering?

[did he give it to cetus just so cetus could conjure it at will. who's to say]

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[they sit down and then pause.]

... You're really making me do the work here, huh?

[unsaid]

It was my tip.

[and now he doesn't have it....]

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[they sigh

but sure they'll conjure up mikazuki's tip]

[unsaid]

[hehe

he will at least pour the sake for them both, offering a cup out to cetus]

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Thank you.

[they will take it but they'll be polite and wait for mikazuki before going for it.]

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[mikazuki will just have his sake then!

. . . and laughs a bit afterward]

Perhaps I ought stick to tea.

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[they take a sip.]

Not a fan?

[unsaid]

I would not provide you a sake I did not enjoy.

But I had hoped the taste would do more for the bitterness on my tongue than it has.

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[wryly]

Maybe you should consider sweets.

[unsaid]

Oh.

[he will reach into his sleeve.....

and pull out some candy!! he places one in cetus' hand even if they didn't ask]

There you are, my dear.

[LIKE CETUS WAS JUST TRYNA GET SOME SWEETS]

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please]

Thank you, Mikazuki.

[and then

they place it back in mikazuki's hand]

[unsaid]

[ ?

he's going to

catch cetus' hand before they entirely pull away]

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[I GUESS MIKAZUKI JUST HAS CETUS'S HAND NOW]

... Yes?

[unsaid]

[he does. it's his]

You do not wish for candy? Or is strawberry not to your liking?

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[dryly]

I was advising that you eat it, actually.

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I have enough to share.

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... Well, I can't deny that.

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[then he will gently squeeze cetus' hand

and replace the candy in it

before going to get his own candy]

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[thanks jiji

i suppose they are now eating candy with their sake]

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[you're welcome

mikazuki will also have his and hum thoughtfully]

... marginally better, I suppose.

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... I think nothing will fully erase that taste tonight.

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An old man cannot be faulted for trying.

[but he will have more of his sake... he will refill his cup and cetus' periodically]

Even if I do not mind feeling the full spectrum of emotion that this heart allows...

I still find myself wondering how others have lived with this all their existence.