[And before long, there's the sound of someone setting things down on the table.]
Hi.
[Not quite as quiet or uneasy as had been the case at the fountain. There was a bit of an awkward caution, but it was more just the strangeness of meeting a new person.
Really, to look at Hikaru, one might think it had been longer than a couple years between what she'd first met and the boy standing not far away now. His hair had grown out, been let get just a little wild, and his posture was exceptionally different. He carried himself with an actual air of confidence, not at a distance from the world. Still not quite part of it... but not as far away, either.]
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Hi.
[Not quite as quiet or uneasy as had been the case at the fountain. There was a bit of an awkward caution, but it was more just the strangeness of meeting a new person.
Really, to look at Hikaru, one might think it had been longer than a couple years between what she'd first met and the boy standing not far away now. His hair had grown out, been let get just a little wild, and his posture was exceptionally different. He carried himself with an actual air of confidence, not at a distance from the world. Still not quite part of it... but not as far away, either.]