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[It's been a while since she was taken in by the Malnosso, and it was shockingly easy for her to just ignore any shred of her memory in those cells and live like normal. She didn't dream—didn't have to worry about waking up in a pale fright at the image of scientists... didn't have to worry because memories would slowly fade away over time.

...In fact, it was finally the 2nd, that her usual routine had completely wiped out all memory of being taken in the first place. So don't be surprised if she never brings it up, or if she's confused when you do.

She continues off to work ~~where she'll probably forget her boss is currently a girl, like she would/will everyday (sorry Sanji)~~ and proceeds to do her job. It's a good day. Cold, but good. And even when she forgets what cola is, she's far beyond even her trademark 'confused hand-to-cheek' maneuver.

She just laughs into her hand.

When she realizes she has to get herself some fresh groceries and finish Kamina's scarf, she makes sure to hurry back home and get that done. She actually makes sure to stop by the store daily and get something, as to continue her pattern. And as she sits with her task finished, she makes a meal in honor of Kaji; the images of her son pass through her mind, all welcomed and loved and soothing.

... A thoughtful pause.

She's in the middle of making a third plate of food....? A third meal?

She feels like she's been doing this a lot, lately.]

...My, I... I must have my head pretty far in the clouds...

[Or, at least, she hopes that's all it is. A while later, after much thinking—despite her personality, she thinks more than most probably should—she picks up her journal and speaks softly:]

...What is your happiest memory?

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[ Hey Sayo, you sound cheerful!

That's good. He's happy about that. ♥ ] So where should I start? A really good one from recently, or the first really good one that I can remember?

Hmmm...

I think the first good one is a great way to start!

The very first good one, huh... [ He has to think back, and there are things about it that are a little sad to remember, but: ] I think that'd be the day my Dad told me he had something special to show me.

["Dad"...]

That sounds like it'd be an important memory to have...

What was it he wanted to show you?

He wanted to show me the whole world.

I'd never seen it before.

The whole word? That's... That sounds pretty difficult to do... Why, I haven't really ever been even an hour from home, let alone all across the world!

[a pause]

Did you get to see it?

...The whole world, I mean...

[ He laughs, one that's a bit more quiet than his usual one. ] Nah, the world's pretty big, you know? I didn't even see the whole thing after I grew up.

But I saw a little bit of it that day. And a little bit's better than none of it.

A little bit is definitely better than nothing.

What did you get to see, Kamina-san? That little bit, I mean.

I saw the sun set for the first time.

It was kind of scary, but...I think I still like sunsets best.

Ah—a sunset? [She never figured them to be something one could really see for the first time...] You didn't see them often, Kamina-san?

Nope, never!

The village where me and Simon grew up was entirely underground. Except for that one day my Dad took me with him, I never got to see the surface.

Entirely underground? Oh, you poor thing! I imagine it must've been so shaded under there...

It was pretty dark. And the only way the village could grow was by digging more tunnels.

But that sounds... so dangerous!

...uh.

Well. There were things holding up the dirt. I don't really know how they worked, though.

Wow, that's amazing. I never would have thought people could live under the earth...

But why did you stay there, anyway? Why not stay above ground?

Hmm, see, there were two reasons for that. One was that we'd been underground so long that nobody in the village even believed there was a surface anymore.

The other was that there were people that kept us under there for a reason.

A reason? What reason could that be?

[It better be a good one, because she thinks it would positively suck, living beneath the earth. 8T]

It's kind of long and complicated, but the short version is that some people thought we had too much potential for our own good. So they forced us underground to keep humans from advancing and destroying everything. If anyone made it up top, they'd be attacked and killed before they could get anywhere or tell other people what they saw.

That—That's awful! Couldn't anyone do anything, to stop them??

Heh, don't worry. Back home, everybody's up on the surface now, as free as they could ever want to be.

Simon took care of it.

Simon—oh, your brother! Right?

Right!

Small, but way tougher than he looks.

Oh, I never determine the strength of people by their size! Wouldn't that just be underestimating your enemy?

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