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[undefines]

[Nue appears to be sitting somewhere high up, because the only thing that can be seen in the background is sky. Behind her back, her six red and blue limbs swish back and forth, the movement uncertain and a little agitated.]

Um... I guess I should apologize for the way I acted when our bodies were mixed up. [She sounds a little awkward as she says it, like she isn't used apologizing and definitely not for something like being a little cranky. For whatever reason, though, she doesn't want her behavior to reflect badly on Kariya, so this seems like the thing to do. She scratches her cheek a little.] I was the one in Kariya's body. So if I was cranky or snapped at you, you should be mad at me and not her, okay?

[...That's all she has to say, she guesses, but she doesn't wave the Vine away just yet. Instead, she mulls something over for a few seconds longer, and then she speaks again.]

...Er. Kariya! Are you feeling well, by the way? If you see this, I mean.

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[undefines]

I don't want to bother her when I can just talk to her here!

[HARRUMPH.]

[shanghaiworld]

Assuming she checks these out.

[undefines]

Then I'll go see her if she doesn't reply, but only when I'm sure she isn't going to!

[shanghaiworld]

Did you manage to do something embarrassing while that was going on?

[undefines]

...I don't think so? I snapped at some people, so I guess I feel kind of guilty about being rude to her friends, but...

[shanghaiworld]

... And so I'm told that the person who swapped bodies with someone else did less embarrassing things than I did when talking to my own mother...

[undefines]

...Hm? Is your mother here?

[shanghaiworld]

Oh, right. Yes, she is. She came during that whole mess last month, so it was rather busy. Her maid ended up coming a bit earlier it seems like, but I didn't catch sight of her.

[undefines]

Hm... I don't remember seeing any maids, either. [Then again, she might have been a little preoccupied. Unfortunately, she knows absolutely nothing about what having a family is like, so she can't empathize much.] Are you happy to see them?

[shanghaiworld]

Well, I technically ran away. She said she was fine with everything I did, and that I should be able to make choices on my own and all that, but it's been years since I left the Makai.

[undefines]

Oh. [...] So this is the first time you've seen her in that long? Sounds awkward.

[shanghaiworld]

And then when I tried to tell her about here, she went on to talk about her legions of succubi or something. I know she's the goddess and creator of the Makai and all that comes from it, but I could have just assumed that part. Really, I didn't need it told in my face.

[undefines]

[She would try to be more sympathetic, but...]

Wait, your mother is a goddess?

[What. Didn't you say you started out human, Alice?]

[shanghaiworld]

... Ah, adoptive, in a sense.

[It's not something she mentions often, details get left out.]

[undefines]

Well... Better luck next time?

[She is not even sure what to say here.]

[shanghaiworld]

... I'm not going to go out and get another family if that's what you mean.

[undefines]

Well, I guess you could do that too, but I was wishing you luck for the next time you talk to her.

[shanghaiworld]

... Ah. My bad.