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Maho: Wha–?! It’s not like that!
Faris: Don’t be so embarrassed, nya! I’m happy you seem to like your present, too, nya!
Faris: Those panda pajamas look great on you, nya, just as I thought!
Maho: I-It’s not that I like them!
Maho: It’s just rude not to wear something that’s a gift.
Maho: I don’t mind the fact that it fits perfectly, but this is definitely a child’s size...
Faris: You’re like a little doll, so I’m sure anything looks good on you, Maho-nyan!
Maho: Stop calling me that, I said.
Maho: And please, don’t think you’re going to make me wear a different pair of animal pajamas every day.
Faris: Nyah?!
Maho: W-What?!
Faris: Maho-nyan, can you read minds, nya?
Faris: How did you know I already had a week’s worth lined up, nya?
Maho: You already bought them?!
Moeka: Heheh...
Maho: Kiryu?
Faris: Moe-nyan?
Moeka: S-Sorry. I didn’t mean... to laugh... but...
Moeka: Heheh...
Faris: Moe-nyan! That smile is so cute, nya! Let me see more, nya!
Faris: Tickle, tickle, tickle, tickle!
Moeka: S-Stop it– Haha... Stop–!
Moeka: No, no– Ahhh–
Faris: ...I feel like I’m doing something naughty, nya.
Maho: ...Yeah.
Moeka: Haha... hahh... hahahh...
Faris: It sure is nyamazing, though.
Maho: ...Yeah.
Faris: An amazing rack, nya.
Moeka: S-Sorry... Hahh... Hahh... Sorry...
Maho: Well, whatever. Okay, let’s start the party!
Faris: Okay! Bring the chilled drinks, nya!
Faris: Tonight... no one gets any sleep, nyan!
Moeka: I’m writing a novel... for fun.
Faris: Let me read it, nya!
Moeka: I can’t... I haven’t even finished the first chapter.
Faris: I’m not going to quit being a maid, but I want to get married, nya! I want a lot of kids, nyan!
Maho: Kiryu? What’s wrong?
Moeka: ...
Faris: You getting tired, nya?
Moeka: ...That’s not it.
Moeka: I’m scared of the future...
Maho: Scared of the future?
Moeka: ...Yeah.
Moeka: Once there’s an AI that’s better than humans, I think a lot of people are going to lose their jobs.
Moeka: I’ll probably be one of them.
Moeka: And that scares me.
Maho: It’s okay, Kiryu.
Faris: That’s right, nya! You don’t need to worry, nya!
Moeka: ...
Moeka: ...I don’t have any special talents or smarts like you two.
Moeka: Anyone can take my place.
Moeka: Anyone can do a better job than me.
Moeka: I’m not as talented as you two.
Maho: ...
Maho: ...So what?
Maho: So someone could take your place. So someone’s better than you. So what?
Faris: ...Maho-nyan?
Maho: There are a lot of scientists who are more talented than I am.
Maho: And maybe someday the AI I invent will write a paper better than I ever could.
Maho: But so what?
Maho: At Dr. Leskinen’s lab at Viktor Chondria University, the nearest desk to the entrance is my seat.
Maho: The door wasn’t put on right and the wind always blows through it, and you can always hear people chattering in the hallway, but it’s my seat.
Maho: Even if the universe itself were to end, I’m not giving that seat up to anyone.
Maho: Even if a more talented scientist or a more talented AI wants it, I’m not giving it up.
Moeka: ...
Maho: I won’t tell you that no one can take anybody else’s place. That’s just a platitude.
Maho: There really aren’t that many jobs in society where you’re truly irreplaceable.
Maho: But that doesn’t mean you have to just hand everything over.
Maho: Because I’m me, not someone else.
Moeka: ...
Moeka: ...I am... me...
Maho: And it doesn’t matter how talented you are.
Maho: Let’s say there was a bio-robot that was identical to Faris right down to the molecular level, and it could do a better job of serving you than she could.
Maho: I’d still rather ask Faris.
Maho: Even it cost me ten times or a hundred times more, I wouldn’t ask the robot.
Maho: There’s no real reason for this.
Maho: I just want to drink the tea she makes me.
Maho: That’s what I’m saying.
Maho: So, um...
Moeka: ...
Faris: ...
Maho: S-Sorry. I just kind of–
Moeka: ...
Moeka: I am me...
Moeka: Maybe... I am.
Faris: Maho-nyan!
Maho: W-W-Wait! W-What’s going on?!
Faris: That was so moving, nya! I didn’t realize mew loved me so much!
Faris: I love mew, too! I’ll make you tea for the rest of your life, nya!
Maho: Huh?! Is that what I just said?
Rintaro: Come to think of it, I’ve come to Akihabara five days in a row.
Mayuri: What’s going on with Faris, you think?
Rintaro: I don’t know. I never can tell what she’s thinking.
Rintaro: Did something happen to Hiyajo and Moeka?
Rintaro: Everything seemed normal when I talked to Faris yesterday...
Mayuri: That’s not true.
Mayuri: Faris has been working really hard the last few weeks, and she’s getting really tired.
Mayuri: But she never complains. No matter how hard it gets, she’s always cheerful.
Mayuri: But this time, she’s actually come to you for help.