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That's true.

[She doesn't want to find out that her parents had an accident or if they really didn't want to leave her but had no choice. It's better if she believes they just wanted to get rid of her...]

Guess it just makes more sense to me if they wanted to abandon me. I couldn't blame them for not wanting to have a kid that saw things that no one else could.

[ ... No.

No, no, no, that hits way too close to home. Even though it's been well over a year - and then some added time with how time loops over in their world - she still hasn't forgotten how mad her father got at her just for being able to use magic that other people couldn't do, for seeing the witches people couldn't see, how he called her a witch and completely rejected her -- and Reiko says she'd be okay with that? Her stomach turns. ]

What kinda nonsense are ya throwing around here?! Family should accept family no matter what..!

[She couldn't blame them if that happened. After all Reiko pushed away other humans for that reason. It'd be bad if they got teased or shoved aside just because of her. That's why she'd swear up and down that Takashi was a normal guy. He shouldn't have to suffer because of what she did.

Understanding something doesn't make it easier to accept. It hurts, like an injury that heals wrong--as if there's something stuck in it. Humans were like that. Only Takashi and the youkai even bother remembering her in the future. All her family thought she was crazy, a relative to forget. Who wanted to be associated with someone that probably was cursed, crazy, or both?

Humans...they were like that.]

They should. They really should--but humans aren't like that. They hate what they can't explain, don't want to be around what they don't understand. If my parents were like that I couldn't be surprised.

[Takashi was the only human who would remember her. Who would even try to understand her.]

That's why I hate humans.

You can't just dismiss it and say it's just why you hate them! Like-- like it's something that can't be changed, or..

[ ...

Her voice trails off. She realises she's getting much too worked up about it - more than she'd like to show, either way, no matter that this is a locked thread. She clicks her tongue at herself. ]

.. Nevermind. It doesn't matter.

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...I didn't mean to make you upset.

[She really didn't mean to make Kyouko upset...]

Nah, I'm just taking it way too personally. [ She's already taking out some pocky and shoving a stick into the corner of her mouth, as if that calms down.. ] Gotta step back a little.

...I know Takashi's not like that. [She knows that she can't just blame everything on this kid.]

.. Huh? Know that Natsume's not.. what? Not like you?

[ You don't have to tell her, granny. Natsume's way too busy loving everyone ever to hate people. ]

Something like that. He doesn't hold grudges. He wouldn't turn away a family member.

'course I know he's not like that too. [ Sure, they might not have told each other everything yet, but.. she's sure of this, at least. No matter what, in the end Natsume's way too nice for his own good. ] He's gonna get himself into major trouble with that someday, like we said before.

The kid's got the patience of a saint.

[ .. Yeah. Isn't that exactly what she likes about Natsume? He's kind, much more so than her - unlike her, he isn't a bad person in the slightest. And he's happy so easily too that it just makes her happy as well..

She tries to swallow the mushy feelings down and work up the energy to display her usual grin. ]

What's that, granny? Where's those weird genes coming from when he sure doesn't have it from you?

He fell on his head when he was a kid. That's all.

I didn't know falling on their head actually made people a better person.

You have to admit he has a few screws loose.

.. Dunno. [ There's a scoff, but it's not really at Natsume. If anything, it's almost borderline self-depreciating. ] I mean, a lot of people are really weird. He's pretty normal compared to some of 'em.

You think so? [It's Reiko's turn to laugh. She's a person who's quick to laugh so it's not that out of the ordinary for her.] Most humans don't care about each other that much, if they do something wrong they're quick to point it out. It's just their nature. Sure, I'm weird but Takashi... He's different than other humans.

Well, in that sense.. that's just a good thing. That he's not like most people in that sense, I mean. [ Otherwise she never would have liked him this much to begin with, honestly. ]

Otherwise he'd just be a pain. I don't really care for those kinda people.

I don't really understand him but... well. He's family.

It's not that difficult to get him, really. Just gotta spend some time with him. Then ya start to realise.

I'm beginning to figure that out.