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Who: Anyone
Where: Outside Cygnus
When: Day 145, evening
What: Wandering newbie

[There is a girl in pink wandering around, a mildly curious expression on her face, as she runs her hands along the cave walls]

Where am I...?

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It's the same thing over and over.

All of them repeat whatever message they've got over and over. Mine tells me not to lose.

[hands it back to her]

[Takes it, and gives it another brief look of annoyance before focusing on Scowl again.]

What's your name?

Sc—. . . Hayato.

[Nods]

Hayato, then.

Have they given you a name yet?

[Considering.]

They're still thinking. Do you know it?

[shakes his head] I only called you Sis or Sister.

You should have something cool . . .

[Nods back to Miranda]

She likes 'Sis' as well.

. . . You're not her sister.

No, I'm yours, but they're family.

They aren't that kind of family.

Something like . . . Cecchino. Cecchina? It means sniper.

... What's a sniper?

It's a . . . do you remember what a gun is? A kind of projectile weapon . . . It's a sniper's job to lay in wait where they can't be found and shoot down the enemy from a distance. It takes a lot of precision and patience, and the really best snipers never miss at all.

[Doesn't seem displeased by this.]

Is that the kind of person I was?

. . . You were probably more directly involved than that . . . I remember helping you at the end of a fight once. You must've been in the middle of it helping me and Tenth, and another time you were helping me train . . .

Hmm.

Pick something more like me, then.

. . . Maestra? For teacher. Or Milite for warrior . . . Guerriero is more accurate but that sounds too much like a guy's name even if you change the end.

...

Milite. It sounds right for here.

Aa . . . Fighters survive the best in this place. Your team should like it too.

[Nods]

I don't know enough for teacher, yet.

You will.

[—and there's Shigure trying to pull a fast escape on Rin] Ah—I think I've gotta go with my teammate . . . but I can come back to see you again! I'll fill in anything your team doesn't.

Do that.

[You are getting another brief hug before she's wandering back to the gathering of red and pink.]

[ffft ._. awkwardly pats her shoulder in lieu of a return hug, waving before turning to follow Shigure's escape]

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