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It's been a few days since we arrived, hasn't it? That's right, I was wondering how many of us have gotten nice and cozy in our new homes! But it's a reeeal shame for the less adventurous. After all, setting foot outside with all this magic flying around seems a little scary, don't you all think?

[Kano gives a small laugh.] Ah, but staying safe inside is real dull, too! So, so, until my friends pick me up, let's play a small game, okay? The rules are veeeeeery simple. I'll give you my name and two facts about my world. You'll give me yours and we'll both try to figure out who's lying.

[He chose to leave it open to both sides--after all, looking at a broader sample wouldn't hurt much.]

I'll even start off, just to make it easy. My name's Maru! I come from a place that's always summer--and crawling with monsters!

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[This girl wasn't good at this was she...]

A fish, huuuh? You sound awfully dry for a mermaid!

[ Wow, what's with that tone!? ]

Well, I'm out of the water right now! Mermaids go to the surface sometimes. It's normal!

[ Why can't she keep a straight face like she does during diplomatic missions... ]

[She's getting worked up that's so cute.]

That sounds like an awful lot of trouble, though! What're you wandering on land for, Miss Mermaid?

Well, [ She starts again to stall for time to think. A tall tale for this would be ideal, but she comes up with a more genuine answer. ] I would like to make friends with humans.

[--oh.]

Can't mermaids lure humans to the water or something with their voices? Wouldn't that be easier?

Oh. [ Shoot. She didn't know that. ] Um. I-I don't sing in public.

Why not, why not? Uwah, don't tell me you're shy!

I am not shy! [ She's shy. ] I just... don't want to sing right now, that's all!

[ The fairies might laugh at her! But to be fair, they are always laughing at her. ]

[It's fine. She doesn't have to worry about the fairies laughing at her, because he's laughing.]

But didn't you say you don't sing in public? That's perfectly okay~ I'm sure some people would find a shy mermaid reeeeally cute!

[ GASP. That is the sound of her hiding under the covers. ]

... I'm not cute! [ Pause. ] Or a mermaid. That was a lie.

[??? Is this girl even real.]

To be honest, I figured that out a while ago. You're not the best at these games, huh?

[ Yes. ANOTHER GASP. ]

That's—! [ Very true, actually. ] That's because, I've... I've never played a game with anyone else before!

[... wow, that just makes her sound so sad.]

Do all mermaids have sad childhoods?

SHUT UP! [ She throws her locket across the room, only for it to be caught mid-air by a couple of fairies that bring it back to her, who is already lying on her bed. ]

[ She huffs. ] I have played games with others... but I do not do it often. Oh, it's so embarrassing...

[SORRY BUT HE NEEDS TO LAUGH FOR A BIT]

Ehh? Were you really that embarrassed?! Sorry, sorry...! I shouldn't anger my mermaid friend so much, huh?

[ kano you're a little shit Kougyoku would never say this, though. She still needs to look up what shit means. ]

I'm not a mermaid... [ She could almost cry. ] What about you? How much of what you said was a lie?

[That's what you get for talking to him, tbh.]

Huh? But that's not how the game works. Kouha has to guess!

[ Kougyoku groans, but takes some time to think. ]

There are not... many monsters in your world, are there? I cannot believe that lie from someone so carefree.

[ She's only saying that because he laughed at her. ]

That's right. [She can probably hear the grin in his voice.] We only have a handful to deal with. To be honest, they're rather hard to tell apart!

That sounds rather boring. [ Facing the same monsters everyday... ] ...Then, do you know how to fight them, Maru?

[A laugh.] Yup! You lock them in a room and let them be!

That's not fighting them at all!

Does Kouha have a different way of dealing with them? How savage.

Grr, I am not savage! I'm not! [ She's jumping on her bed. ]

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