[07 ~ Video | Filtered from Hayate; fail!filtered from Yuri L.]

[blahblahblah]

Hey. I know I don't normally ask for help, but... this is a little bit of a special case. A few of you have met... oh, where's... there. lil_tanuki, Hayate Yagami. Little brown-haired girl. She's in a wheelchair because her legs are paralyzed... and it's getting worse. Without some kind of intervention, she's not going to last a whole lot longer. Six months, maybe a year. I don't think anyone has the kind of medical capability or healing magic she needs, either.

[There's a long pause; she looks a little off-balance. She told herself she wouldn't cry...]

Anyway... Hayate's birthday is coming up. I know it's a weird thing to ask, but... I want to make it a good one. Because she might not get another one. But I don't know anything about parties, or any of that stuff.

[Rita's face is pleading.] Can... can anyone help me?

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[wildmelody]

Yeah. Let's try not to worry too much about that. [Hibiki sighs.] So strange really.

[blahblahblah]

I'm trying not to, but it's hard. She's only barely younger than I am and might not live to be my age. It's... depressing.

Weird... how? This whole thing, or...?

[wildmelody]

It really is.

Well, the way she is really. No cause for the medical condition and stuff. It's not uncommon in our world, I mean people get weird illnesses all the time... I just hope the community brought her access for a reason. You've seen how quickly she latches onto people.

I think she's extremely lonely.

[blahblahblah]

Yes. Yes, I have, and it scares me. Honestly, she reminds me of me, and that's not a fate I'd wish on anyone.

But... I hope you're right, about the community and all. It would be too cruel if she... [Nope, not finishing that.]

[wildmelody]

Mmm, yeah. Or me before I got back with Kanade.

I hope not too.

[blahblahblah]

You didn't have that same desperately clingy feel to you, at least as far as I could see. Having your partner back is a good thing, though. I think she was probably missing having you around as much as you did her.

Hayate, meanwhile, has nobody except her sponsor, wherever the hell he lives; I gathered it wasn't close. And she can't make friends in the hospital.

[wildmelody]

Yeah, I suppose that's a difference between us. And you're probably right.

No kidding. Who lets a kid like her live alone anyhow? Even with sponsorship, she should have been adopted. Or at least living as a ward somewhere.

[blahblahblah]

That's true... she shouldn't be alone. There's no reason anyone would let a ten-year-old girl live by herself anywhere, let alone one that can't walk. She can't do a whole lot effectively by herself, and this Graham guy has to know that. What the hell is going on...?

[wildmelody]

The hell if I know. If only one of us could go live with her even for a few days at a time and swap around. Being alone must be pretty tough on her.