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Aah, this is Kisaragi. I'm sorry I missed your call. Please leave a message, and I'll call you back when I can.

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Yeah, I'd bet. That's kind of nice too isn't it?

[He straightens, pulling his face away from the telescope, leaning back, lowering himself down to the floor to sit down and look at the sky from the window instead.]

The countryside, huh...

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[Shinji takes the telescope now, looking into it.]

It was my biggest hobby, since there wasn't much to do there. [He wasn't good at making friends. He'd never been close to his teacher. But even though it'd been lonely, it'd been safe and repeating. Days blurred together. He didn't have to worry about the outside world edging in with its responsibilities.] But it was peaceful.

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I'd imagine. [He draws his knees up and holds them against his chest with his arm, glancing at Shinji.]

Do you miss it?

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[His eyes are fixed on the sky, sorry.]

... even if I could go back, I don't think I would. [They gave him that chance once and he threw it away.] I don't belong there anymore.

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... I see.

But you at least have this, huh? That's nice.

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Yeah. I wouldn't mind staying up here.

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Here, the moon?

... It's not bad, I guess. I can't say I like it though. Not being able to breathe -- it's just like the ocean. If you get throw out into it you might not survive.

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That's true. But it's quiet in space.

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Mm.

I think anything above the earth is pretty quiet. There's a lot less, you know?

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... I think I prefer these sorts of places best. I can't stand it when people are so loud.

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I thought you were that sort. It's kind of nice how the observatory quiets down at night, then.

I guess -- it's weird but I guess I'm getting used to the noise now.

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You seem like the kind of person to enjoy company easier. [Shinji glances down at the map.] You made a lot of friends even after you dropped out.

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... Actually, I was a shut-in. Spent two years in my house and never stepping out.

I met Kido and the rest of them when I happened to go to the department store at the exact same time they did and we all had a run-in with some terrorists.

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[What.]

You shut... yourself in? Terrorist attack? Um, wait, how did you get out--?!

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Closed curtains and horrible sleeping schedule and Internet addiction and everything. I'm not proud of it.

But uh, I think Momo, Kido, and Mary used their eyes for some things but I imported Ene into the computers that were being sold on the floor and had her hack in to the security system. I kind of fainted after that, but we managed to get out...

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[??? That's. Not a very helpful explanation. But he can understand the fainting bit. Eyes? Powers, then? Ah, he should've known that Shintaro was the sort to hang out with those sorts of people.]

Your life's a lot more exciting than you made it sound.

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Not really.

Aah, but two years ago I guess I beat the second best zombie shooter player in the nation or whatever but she was really lame, and she-- [she...

Shintaro kind of pauses while he stares straight ahead. Then shakes his head.]

Well, it wasn't too bad. But I guess it's pretty "exciting" when I got dragged here the day after I met them.

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[She...? Whatever Shintaro was about to say, it sounded like something happened between them.

... ah. It's not his business.]

In that case, you're just unlucky, then.

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Oh, don't I know. I'm unlucky as all hell. It's like I triggered all the bringers of bad luck.

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I'm glad I'm not you.

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... Ow.