Kusunoki Mebuki no Shou 7-1

Kusunoki Mebuki no Shou - 7

To miss the trees for the forest.

Inside the heart - 1

[Gold Tower - cafeteria]

Meb: ...

Suz: Mebu, what's wrong? You're barely eating anything.

Meb: Hmm...

Shi: Kusunoki's absent-minded. Unusual.

Yum: Allow me to take this opportunity and replace her udon with some skipjack tuna.

Suz: Miroku-san, what are you doing!?

Yum: Promoting skipjack tuna, little by little.

Suz: Then I'll swap Mebuki's milk for mandarins...

Aya: You two, doing things like that is bad!

Suz/Yum: Fine...

Aya: Mebuki-senpai, what happened?

Meb: Eh? Ah, sorry. I was lost in thought.

Meb: There's something on my mind, you see. And it might be pretty important in the future.

Aya: What do you mean?

Meb: When there's danger or she's under heavy stress, Shizuku's personality changes...

Shi: Yeah.

Meb: But at what level of stress or danger exactly does that happen?

Shi: ...I don't know either.

Shi: I'm curious. I'd like to know myself, but...

Meb: SHIZUKU is a great asset in battle.

Meb: Learning the conditions for you two switching places will likely be useful in our upcoming missions.

Yum: I see. You do have a point.

Meb: Shizuku, let's test how much stress needs to be inflicted on you so you switch personalities.

Shi: Mhm. I'll try...