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- C-support
- Kana: [determined] …
- Kana: [smile, closed eyes] Phew! I’m finally done! How does it look?
- Hayato: Hmmm…
- Hayato: [frown] Nope, all wrong. Sorry, Kana.
- Kana: [upset] What? But- but why?
- Hayato: [sweat, frown] To be honest? Your calligraphy’s a mess.
- Hayato: You’re used to using an ink and feather like Nohrians, right?
- Kana: Y-yeah…
- Hayato: [frown] It shows. Look, I’m sure your penmanship’s fine, but you’re barely literate with a calligraphy brush.
- Hayato: You’d be better served holding off on this until the war’s over and you can be taught properly.
- Kana: [very upset] B-but… I worked so hard on it!
- Hayato: [sweat, frown] Hey, don’t cry…
- Kana: [crying] WAAAAAHHHH!!
- Hayato: Um…
- Fuga: [worried] Kana?! What happened?!
- Hayato: [injured] I… sorry. I better go.
- [Hayato leaves]
- Fuga: Hey, Kana, shhh…
- Kana: *sniff* H-Hayato said my calligraphy’s bad and I shouldn’t make scrolls!
- Fuga: [sad] Ah…
- Kana: [eyes closed, sad] H-he wasn’t being mean. I asked him to help me learn to write scrolls like him, and…
- Fuga: Don’t worry. I was never the best calligraphist myself. It took me a long time to learn to hold a brush properly.
- Kana: [sad] He said it’s ‘cause I use a quill too…
- Kana: B-but you can use a quill and a brush! I’ve seen you!
- Fuga: [smile, sweat] It’s hard to learn both at once.
- Fuga: How about you and I do some practice together, and then you can show Hayato what you’ve learnt?
- Kana: [surprised] R-really? You’re not too busy?
- Fuga: [smile] I’m never too busy for you.
- B-support
- Kana: Um, Papa… Are me and Hayato brother and sister?
- Fuga: [surprised] I- yes, I suppose you are.
- Fuga: [smile] You’re my son and daughter, after all. Why?
- Kana: Well… I was watching how my Aunts and Uncles all are with each other.
- Kana: I realised Aunt Camilla never talks about Papa – she talks about her ‘darling brother’.
- Fuga: Lady Camilla is as loving as she is formidable.
- Kana: But… me and Hayato don’t talk about each other like that. I always just call him Hayato, and he calls me Kana.
- Fuga: Do you want to call him brother?
- Kana: I… don’t know. It might feel nice?
- Kana: I was going to ask him about it, but then I messed up the charm, and…
- Fuga: May I see your attempt?
- Kana: [sad] It’s really bad.
- Kana: But- this is my version, and this is the one Hayato wanted me to replicate.
- Fuga: [surprised] This?! Well, there’s the problem.
- Kana: Huh?
- Fuga: [smile, sweat] Kana, this is well above what you should be learning to do.
- Fuga: Hayato sometimes forgets he’s a prodigy.
- Kana: ‘Prodigy’?
- Fuga: Someone who’s incredibly naturally talented at something.
- Fuga: Like Lady Azura is with singing, or Prince Leo with strategy.
- Fuga: Hayato was always leaps and bounds ahead of diviners far older than him.
- Kana: [sad] So… I’ll never be as good as him?
- Fuga: I didn’t say that. Natural talent only gets you so far.
- Fuga: Hayato works hard, of course, but some gifted people just rest on their laurels.
- Fuga: [frown] But… why do you want to surpass Hayato?
- Kana: [surprised] Not surpass! I don’t want to be better than him, no-one’s better than him!
- Kana: [smile, closed eyes, sweat] Er, except you, of course.
- Fuga: [smile, closed eyes] (Flattering, but not necessarily true.)
- Kana: [determined] But after the war’s finished, I wanna be able to help him and you!
- Fuga: [surprised] Kana…
- Fuga: [smile] How about we start off with one of the most useful scrolls of all, then?
- Kana: [surprised] Sure! What is it?
- Fuga: It looks like this. You slip it under your pillow at night to ward away nightmares.
- Kana: [smile] I have one of those!
- Fuga: [smile] Hayato made that for you when you were born.
- Kana: [surprised, blush] Really?
- Kana: [determined] Then… I want to make one for him! And it’s gotta be perfect!
- Fuga: [smile] Then we’d best get to work.
- A-support
- Fuga: [smile] This one looks perfect, Kana. You’re a very quick learner.
- Kana: [surprised] Really?
- Fuga: Indeed. You’ve caught onto it much quicker than I ever did.
- Kana: Quicker than you? But- weren’t you a prodigy like Hayato?
- Fuga: [smile, sweat] Oh, gods, not at all. Far from it.
- Fuga: Swinging a katana or naginata around felt like second nature, but when it came to calligraphy…
- Fuga: For a long time, I despaired of ever being able to complete the simplest charm.
- Kana: [surprised] Really?
- Fuga: Of course. Hayato has far exceeded my divining skills at this point, as have others in our Tribe.
- Fuga: As I suspect you will someday too.
- Kana: [surprised] You really think so?
- Fuga: I do. Do you know why?
- Kana: [sweat, smile] Well, I’m DEFINITELY not a prodigy…
- Fuga: [smile] You work hard, Kana.
- Fuga: You’re one of the most hard-working children I’ve ever known.
- Fuga: If you can carry a fraction of that dedication with you into maturity, you’ll be unstoppable.
- Hayato: What are you two up to?
- Kana: [smile] Hayato! Um…
- Fuga: [smile] (Go on.)
- Kana: This is for you!
- Hayato: [surprised] You made this?
- Kana: [determined] I worked really hard on it! I know it’s not as good as one you’d make, but…
- Hayato: [smile] It looks great, Kana.
- Kana: [smile] Then it’s all yours! It’ll stop any bad dreams!
- Kana: [smile, sweat] Um… c-can I ask one thing in return?
- Hayato: Sure. What is it?
- Kana: [blush, determined] C-can I… can I call you big brother?!
- Hayato: [surprised, blush] Wha? I…
- Hayato: You really want to?
- Kana: Of course I do! You’re my big brother! I’ve always looked up to you!
- Hayato: [sweat, blush, frown] I’m… I’m not blood-related to you, y’know. Chieftain Fuga took me in after my blood parents died.
- Kana: That doesn’t matter! Um- unless it matters to you…
- Hayato: [smile, blush] I’m happy to be your big brother, Kana.
- Kana: [smile, closed eyes] YAY! I’ll be the best little sister EVER! We’ll play together, and pick flowers, and write scrolls, and…
- Fuga: [smile] Looks like you’ve got a fun day ahead of you, Hayato.
- Hayato: [smile, sweat] So I hear.
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