[What appears to be a little boy with fair hair and huge eyes appears on the screen - and are those little pink flowers floating around his head...? Strange. But he looks excited.]

This community looks fun! You must like ducks! They can be cute but not as cute as bunnies!!

[He holds up a pink toy rabbit.]

This is Bun-Bun. Maybe we can dedicate a community to him too! BunnyBunnyDrama!

[When the video cuts on the observer is subjected to a panoramic view of a room in an undisclosed location. The floors are made of stone and the walls and exits are hidden by columns of dark material. The room is lit by candles inside pillars of every length and size, but the most interesting thing about this space is the tub in its center. The calm substance inside could be mistaken for milk or paint, but it’s purer than milk and not nearly as thick as paint.

Suddenly the surreal stillness is disturbed as the dark curtains on the opposite side of the room are swept out of the way and a woman with an almost ethereal beauty steps into the scene carrying what appears to be a ramshackle old bitty by the collar of her dress as though she were little more than a rag doll. She is followed by a man (who shares only the vaguest of physical traits with her) and a handful of what appears to be knights wearing black reflective armor.

No sooner had she entered did the woman discard her burden without a second glance and with her hands free she approaches the tub. At this point the video zooms in so that the woman can only be seen from the shoulders up as she disrobes and steps into the bath. When she steps inside a scene very similar to this takes place, the display is brief and she soon reemerges, the strange white substance absorbing into her skin until she looks as she did before the bath if not, somehow, more lustrous.

The man from before who shares a resemblance to her approaches the strange woman with a brush in his hand and begins to carefully disentangle her hair—not that it really needs it.]

Do you remember, sister, when our mother used to do this for you?

[There’s a flicker of something behind the woman’s expression before it is replaced with disinterest.]

We take Tabor the day after tomorrow and you wish to bore me with sentimental anecdotes and boyish gestures, Finn? [she relieves her brother of the brush] I have no need for faltering hearts at this point, if you want to make yourself useful go see to it that my army is prepared for battle.

As you wish, your majesty. [And Finn dismisses himself, taking the knights with him and leaving the woman in solitude.

She doesn’t seem to be aware that there is something watching her and yet she takes several steps forward, pausing mere feet away and gazing into the camera with an unusual intensity.]

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

[And with those spoken words the video is distorted by a maelstrom of gold and the scene ends.]

[ The video feed opened, to Kyousuke sitting at his desk. His eyes were slightly downcast, though there was a small smile on his face. ]

It's been a while, hasn't it? I've been busy on my end. But, I have a question I'd like to ask the community. [ He crossed his arms. ]

It's never easy watching a younger sibling become more and more independent. My little sister just got a boyfriend today. I'm very happy for her, but it felt a little odd. I never expected this day to come so soon. It made me realize how fast time passes. She's even helping around the school more, and she got selected for an exchange program. It's all...bittersweet.

So, ducks, have you ever had a similar experience with a sibling? Or anyone you've watched grow.