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retasu midorikawa [mew lettuce]

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[A certain magical girl appears on the screen, holding up her weapons. They are indeed still green castanets, but they no longer resemble undetailed produce; they now have a more complex design and are the two-part type that can clack individually, and where the original metal clappers on the ends had gone, there's now a weird heart with the same two-fish insignia as the marking on her chest. Overall, they look similar, but less "designed to be easy and fast to draw" and more "designed to sell toys".]

I, um, I suppose this is an upgrade? But they don't really do anything different, except I can sort of dual-wield now instead of having to use them both to shoot one round of water. Anyway, that isn't really the point here, so, um...

If everyone else you know has gotten "upgrades" when they were actually on active duty, and you've been a magical girl over five years and just had this happen when you were fighting someone else's enemies, that doesn't say anything about you, does it? Please don't let it mean I'm terrible.

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Wow, really? You seem to be really sure of yourself! A lot different from me.

[He chuckles at that.]

I'm also older than you, I've had more time to figure myself out.

It must have been really hard.

It was, but I managed to learn.

I'll keep trying my best, too. I know I'm still a little hung up on some things that happened, but I'm really trying not to be.

You'll do just fine.

I can barely navigate my love life without being afraid of offending someone. I-I mean, I'll try!

I'm not sure I can help much there, it's been a while since I was a young shrimp navigating the murky waters of love for the first time.

It's okay. I know what the best thing for me to do for everyone is.

Take care of yourself first, you mean?

[The blink and slump indicate that no, that was not what she was thinking.]

Retasu. You can't help anyone if you mistreat yourself.

I've just always thought of my happiness as something I can sacrifice for others.

That's not how it works. People want you to be happy, too.

...I know that. Thank you. I want to be happy, too, and I think I can even in the "everyone else gets what they want" scenario.

If you're sure. It's not a bad thing to try to help people or to keep them in mind, and you're a very kind girl.

...Thank you.

Any time.

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