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[bestaround]

I wouldn't mind a short one, but I gotta admit it's nice to be back in operation again. It took a while for everything to get set up... And then our first mission was a success. Feels kinda nice!

[purrtagonist]

Either way, it calls for some kind of celebration?

Ah, which reminds me. There's something else worth celebrating too, isn't there?

[bestaround]

There is?

[purrtagonist]

Well, I assume there is. But I really shouldn't make assumptions.

Do you know an android named 2B?

[bestaround]

[ —Ah.

That's right. If there's anyone around who knows the significance of 2B's arrival, it's Akira. ]

You met her? I guess it was only a matter of time, huh?

[purrtagonist]

[as Al JUST NOW REMEMBERS THAT 9S GAVE AKIRA 2B'S NAME oh well]

We had a good time fighting pirates and rescuing kidnapped kids.

[heh. . . but, although it isn't immediately evident through text, Akira's tone turns a bit more somber]

I thought that might've been the 2B you told me about before.

[bestaround]

[ there, there..... ]

Yeah, that's her.

[ It's left at that for a long moment, since... well, what do you say to that? 9S still has trouble putting his feelings into words. Eventually, he adds: ]

I still can't believe it.

[purrtagonist]

[Akira gives him time. considering his own reaction when he had met Akechi again for the first time, he understands]

Yeah. Something like that is pretty unbelievable, even when you're staring right at it.

Are you feeling okay?

[bestaround]

Okay? I'm more than okay. I'm...

I don't even know how to put it. But being able to be with her again is all I could ever ask for.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . aw. that brings a smile to his features]

It's something you should make the most out of, for sure.

[bestaround]

I am.

[ No need to tell him twice; it's a miracle on a level so unfathomable 9S will never understand how it happened in the first place, but it'll never be one he will take for granted. ]

... We might need to skip on any actual celebrating, though. She's not exactly the party type.

[purrtagonist]

[a snort]

I did sort of get that feeling. She's very business oriented, isn't she?

[bestaround]

Yeah, very, but don't let that scare you off. I'm sure you'll end up growing on her.