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[unknownrival]

Do you have a New Year's resolution? If so, is it any better than these people's?

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[unknownrival]

Oh, I'm sure there are only a few hundred of us right now.

[unknownrival]

That's a good one, I think.

[structuraldefect]

Then is it not possible to find a way to quantify self-control? Small weaknesses, as opposed to the nebulous kind. Refusing an extra slice of cake, for an example.

[blahblahblah]

Right now, maybe. But people come and go. And just because someone's left doesn't mean we all forget them.

[justforyou]

Yeah, I think so, too. We'll have tea parties and have lots of fun. [Beat.] Sorry for getting off-topic.

[unknownrival]

That is a good point. If food were my vice, then I could go about it that way. Unfortunately it's anger.

[unknownrival]

No, that's fine. I was really just trying to start conversation.

[unknownrival]

That's true. In that case, there are many, many more, and they will probably never end.

[blahblahblah]

Exactly. And if people keep coming, you'll keep meeting new people as long as you're connected to this thing. So it's not all bad.

[She shrugs.] What's your resolution for the year? Was that it before, about being a better person for your friends? Or is it something else?

[unknownrival]

Specifically, I want to practice self-control. I rouse far too quickly to anger. It's unbecoming of a monk.

[justforyou]

Oh...! I get distracted a lot lately so I didn't know if that was okay or not.

[unknownrival]

It's completely fine.

My name's Ryudo Issei. I'm a monk in Fuyuki City, Japan. What's your name?

[structuraldefect]

Is it?

Well, then, surely there must be some exercises that work with anger. I've heard of counting to ten before shouting.

[justforyou]

Kirika Kure. I'm a third-year middle school student in Mitakihara City, Japan. Uh, what else can I say? I skip a lot? That's not a secret but somehow I don't think that's a good conversation starter.

[unknownrival]

There's that. I'll look some up later.

Thank you.

[unknownrival]

What's your favorite subject when you do attend?

[unknownrival]

I'm sure it will be. It's a low bar.

[structuraldefect]

If you like.

You're welcome.

[justforyou]

Literature, I guess.

[unknownrival]

What's your name?

[unknownrival]

Excellent subject. What kinds of books do you read?

[structuraldefect]

Kotomine.

And you are?

[unknownrival]

Issei.

[Welp better keep answers limited while not drawing suspicion... he knows he should watch himself.]

[blahblahblah]

Yeah, I'm not exactly the right person for that, with the whole "shoot first" thing five minutes ago. But good luck to you. You'll need it, I think.

[justforyou]

Promise you won't laugh, okay? But I like reading...romance stuff but not the crappy stuff you can get a supermarket! The good kind about loyalty and how love or friendship is the thing that ties people together.