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[ Honestly, it's probably going to be her New Year's resolution! Especially with the whole application doing a bunch of... things. She can't help but sigh in relief though, smiling softly. ]

That's good, at least. They're honestly a huge pain, anyway.

Yeah... though I guess it's not the worst thing Retrospec's tossed at us.

[ Because when compared to monsters and nightmares and things... ]

Actually, they're probably one of the least worrisome...

Honestly.

[ She can't help but agree, folding her arms over her chest in a way that makes her more than a little annoyed. ]

It's annoying, but it's not the end of the world. I wish they would stop throwing things at us, though...

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I don't think they're going to stop so easily...

[ Because it's always something... she can't help but sigh at the thought. ]

I mean, we could try asking them to stop, but they don't seem like they really listen.

That's true...

[ Not that she's surprised in the slightest bit, not at all. ]

But if we can't tell them, then we'll just have to resort to other matters, right? ☆

...Like what?

[ That suspicion is creeping back into her voice again. She has no idea what kind of plan her sister's going to come up with, but she can't imagine it's going to be very successful, to say the least... ]

[ She can hear that suspicion in her voice and that's enough to make Mio frown herself. ]

Finding them and having a nice long chat, obviously!

I'm pretty sure that wouldn't change anything...

[ Their family's rich, but at the end of the day, she's a 17-year-old girl trying to threaten an all-powerful organization. Kotone's not buying it. ]

You never know until you try. Giving up so easily isn't my type of thing to do! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. I'm not planning on doing this on my own.

But what if they get mad and decide to punish everyone involved? Then it's just making things worse

That's "what if", though. We can't move forward based on pessimistic "what ifs", Kotone.

You also can't move forward if you don't think your plan through. There's being brave, and then there's just being dumb.

[ ...She never thought she'd actually be advocating for more planning, but there's a first time for everything? Mostly she just sees this as an all-risk, no-benefit idea. ]

I'm not an idiot, you know... if I'm bringing others with me, it's not going to be with a completely thoughtless plan. I want to pool everyone's ideas together first.

Well... as long as you're going about it carefully, I'll wish you the best of luck! But it really doesn't seem like there's any way we can change things right now.

Thank you.

[ She can't help but sigh, however; just a little bit. ] I hate feeling useless, though. I don't want to just sit around and do nothing and pretend that everything's normal when it's not!!

Well, we don't really have a choice, do we? At the end of the day, this stuff's gonna happen no matter how much you whine about it.

[ There's some saying about having the wisdom to know the difference between the things you can change and the things you can't... and Kotone knows where this one falls. If things change, it certainly won't be because of something two powerless girls did. ]

I don't pretend that everything's normal, but I make sure to enjoy the fun parts of life while they're still happening. I'm not going to let them win by taking that away from me.

Maybe.

[ Mio's voice is quiet; while she may be smart in certain areas, there's just some areas where she becomes an idiot. Maybe that's because she's just frustrated and needs to take out some steam, but...

Maybe she shouldn't be doing it like this. ]

I mean, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have fun. There's no way I'd want to prevent that, you know? I just want to find a way to be less useless so I can keep having fun. And others, too. ☆

I just think you're likely to be disappointed, that's all. But you do what you've got to do.

[ She didn't really expect to change her sister's mind, anyway. Mio's priority has always been Mio; that's why she felt the need to advocate for everyone else, but she knows a losing battle when she sees one. So she'll just shrug. ]

Was there anything else you wanted to talk about?

Hmm...

[ While it's true that Mio is definitely stubborn, she's not cruel. There's a moment where she deliberates on it, opens her mouth to say something and then just-- shakes her head. ]

No, I think that's it. Thanks, sis. For at least talking to me.

Yeah. It's good that we were able to talk.

[ She stands up and readies herself to head out, shooting her sister a smile. ]

I'll see you later at home, okay?

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