Oh, they're great. Tsukimi's kind of a nerd. Well, okay, no. She's a huge nerd. She's super into jellyfish, but like... she gets really inspired and works super hard! Otaku power, man. She gets so happy around that kind of stuff, it's adorable.
And my mom's... she's just great. She had to leave me with my dad for a long time, 'cause she got sick, but... she's doing a lot better now. She always wanted what was best for me.
Otaku...? [He is not familiar with that term, but.] Well, I'm glad your mom is doing better. Just, uh, don't send her back to the healers when you tell her what you've been up to lately. Or Tsukimi.
Yeah. An otaku is, like... someone who's really into a certain thing. For Tsukimi it's jellyfish, but some of our other friends are into kimono, or dolls, or trains, or Romance of the Three Kingdoms, or... old men.
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[he pokes a puffy jacket.]
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[Because Hunter is dressed like someone's dad and he does not care.]
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[he sighs.]
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...it's not the same as a good shopping trip, though.
[he sounds a little wistful.]
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but for now, in their sad shopping mall-less afterlife, he gives him a sympathetic look.]
... You'd know better than me. But why not make that the first thing you do when you get home?
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Tsukimi's the girl who designed the dress, right? From your memory.
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[he smiles.]
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And my mom's... she's just great. She had to leave me with my dad for a long time, 'cause she got sick, but... she's doing a lot better now. She always wanted what was best for me.
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[a beat.]
...I'll try not to scare 'em too badly.