A while back, there was an ice cream shop payin' people to try all the new flavors they could think up.
[No way he would've eaten it otherwise.
That said, there's hardly a beat missing when he replies to the second bit.]
I'm alright. [not really, but he's been faking it even longer than he's been in Empatheias, and nowadays it's easy enough for him to put his emotions on lockdown so they don't filter through the amulets too strongly.]
Ayumu might be outta commission for a bit. He got kinda roughed up [...because of Hizumi,] but I'll cover for him, so your shifts shouldn't be affected. [That should cover everything important, right?]
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[No way he would've eaten it otherwise.
That said, there's hardly a beat missing when he replies to the second bit.]
I'm alright. [not really, but he's been faking it even longer than he's been in Empatheias, and nowadays it's easy enough for him to put his emotions on lockdown so they don't filter through the amulets too strongly.]
Ayumu might be outta commission for a bit. He got kinda roughed up [...because of Hizumi,] but I'll cover for him, so your shifts shouldn't be affected. [That should cover everything important, right?]