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- Slow Start ch52
- p29
- >Sengoku Kamuri - Age 11. Autumn.
- >Sixth year of elementary school.
- >...Hey.
- >Hey, you!
- >Good afternoon!
- >Ah.
- >Eh.
- >Eh...
- >Hey hey!
- >Do you like cats?
- >Eh?
- >That book! It's a book of cat photos, so you must like cats, right?
- p30
- >Hey.
- >I saw two kittens behind the school!
- >K-
- >Kittens...
- >Yeah. They're really ccute.
- >Hey, wanna come see them?
- >There's some cute flowers blooming over there too...
- >U-
- >Um...
- >Hm?
- >...Um
- >My mom and dad told me not to touch things like stray animals or weeds...
- >Eh? Why not?
- >Ah, do you perhaps have allergies?
- >I've never touched them, though.
- >No.
- >I'm fine whenever I touch the cats at my relative's house so I don't think that's it...
- >I see. Then what is it?
- >..Um...
- >?
- >...They said I shouldn't touch stray cats because they're dirty...
- >I see.
- >What should I do.
- >I said something bad.
- >She's gonna get mad at me.
- p31
- >I see.
- >So it's fine so long as you don't touch them, right?
- >Eh...
- >In that case, I'll handle the cats
- >and pluck a few flowers too!
- >Okay?
- >I'll take on all the dirty work!
- >Okay?
- >That way, it's not much different from looking at that photo album.
- >Eh.
- >Eh...
- >Not to mention they move! Photos can't do that!
- >Eh...
- >Can't
- >move
- >cat
- >flower
- >...J-
- >Just for a little bit...
- >Sure!
- >I'll wait for you by the entrance then!
- >Yep...
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- >...
- >>The World's Longest Cat
- >Ah!
- >Over here!
- >S-
- >Sorry for the wait...
- >It's fine.
- >Oh yeah, names!
- >I'm Eiko.
- >A sixth grader.
- >Eiko...
- >What's your name?
- >S-Sengoku Kamuri.
- >I'm also in sixth grade.
- >Hmm. Kamuri-chan, huh? Kamuri-chan, Kamuri-chan.
- >Okay, let's go, Kamuri-chan.
- >Eh?
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- >Ah.
- >I washed my hands while I was waiting so they wouldn't be dirty but...
- >I guess you don't like it...?
- >No.
- >I don't mind.
- >Ehehe.
- >....
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- >Hey.
- >Wanna try stroking it?
- >Eh...
- >It's fluffy and feels nice!
- >Uh...
- >Fuwaa...
- >How is it?
- >It's...
- >really soft.
- >Yeah.
- >And really
- >warm.
- >Yep yep.
- p35
- >Ah.
- >Is that the end-of-school song?
- >We better head back.
- >Ah.
- >Hey, Kamuri-chan. If you'd like
- >do you wanna hang out tomorrow too?
- >Eh?
- Yep.
- >Yep.
- >Ah, but the cats might not be here tomorrow...
- >Even if there's no cats
- >I'm fine if you're with me, Eiko.
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- >Alright then.
- >Tomorrow, same time, same place.
- >Yep.
- >The next day.
- >Ah!
- >Kamu-chan!
- >Eiko.
- >I spotted the cats in the same place today.
- >I wonder if their mom is nearby?
- >Hey, Kamuri-cha...
- >Just Kamuri is fine.
- >I call you just Eiko, after all.
- >Eh
- >Erm, in that case...
- >Kamuri...Kamu...
- >Hmmm.
- >Kamu.
- >Aha!
- >Kamu!
- >Ehehe.
- >It feels kinda nice to not use honorifics.
- >Yep.
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