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Who: Mitsuru, Syaoran, Lizard McDeadcarcass, anyone
Where: Outside the cave entrance
When: Day 145, late morning
What: science experiments and meat! a winning combo!

[Two (slightly bloodied up) boys coming out of the caves after having snuck off at ridiculous o'clock in the morning today -- victorious! They've got themselves a nice little fatty lizard which is floating on home behind them courtesy of some wind magic. Which creates a mini hurricane of wind for anyone nearby when it's released. WHHHOOOOOSH.]

How many strips will we need?

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...no, it's okay. Don't be sorry.

I'm the dumb one.

...?

What do you mean?

My whole situation back home is stupid, I'm aware of it.

...I'm not judging it. Your past is your past, I have no right to it in any way.

Claude judges it all the time.

...and I give you a right to it. So.

You don't judge me for mine.

I believe life has been unfair to Syaoran.

I made my own choices, just as everyone else does.

Normally one does not give any small children the poke at time and space option.

When were you given your choice to become a Bookman?

...six.

Then I don't see a difference. That's far younger than I was.

Its a very different kind of decision.

...I know. Your decision affected only your life. Mine imposed on others.

[hair ruffles]

Well, I'm still not mad.

Giving up who I am in order to become another is something I could not do. I'm too selfish for that. So I won't judge it.

...it's not selfish, it's normal.

I don't think so. To give up who I am would mean giving up everyone I hold as important. I refuse to do that.

I never had anyone important but Bookman.

What about Allen? What about Claude?

You guys have all become important. And Allen was important to Rabi. But before that...

Just Bookman.

Giving up Red to become Rabi again means giving up those people.

[nods]

Its a little scary to think about.

So it's the kind of thing I cannot do. Without those people...

But you don't have to think about it now. You are not the person you will be when it comes time to make that decision. Things may be very different for you by then.

Yeah.

...I probably won't be able to do it. I've never gone backwards.