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[He's too frazzled to keep it to voice. Seated at his desk, the feed begins with a very black-haired Kanji peering through his glasses at a small stack of papers in his hands. He had to go over them again, sweating visibly before he managed to swallow and get some moisture back into his mouth.]

Son of a bitch... I-I, ah, I gotta put out a warning to everybody!

S'about that Ware Wolf Shop that pops up around now. Dude sells a lotta good stuff, right? Well, he don't feel the need to tell ya about the fine fuckin' print!

[As he places the papers in a neat stack, the sharper eyes can spot the light going through the last flyer he held in his hands, staring at it in more than mild panic, bidding The Shirogane-Tatsumi couple a hearty congratulations and to please use these coupons to make their first anniversary just as memorable.]

Just... just don't buy the fancy rings, y'hear me!? Not unless you're real serious! D-don't make me explain it...!

[He rest the bottom half of his very red face in a palm, lost in thought for a moment. His adam's apple bobs with the next swallow. How the fuck was he gonna explain this to-

The feed cuts.]

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...Oh yeah, we did talk about that.

[He sighed, ran his fingers through his hair.]

Welp... guess I was too dumb to clue in on it. Like, the things had 'promise' in the name, so it was kinduva... "SOMEDAY we'll do it", not- not "the moment we put 'em on" kinda deal!

I mean, the least we could'a done was have a ceremony or whatever, b-but that's only if we were ready for it!

I knew it... So they do mean Lunatian-style married...

Does this mean you need to get Lunatian-style divorced? I haven’t seen a divorce temple anywhere...

D-divorced...?

[The color started to drain from his face.]

But I don't...

Yeah.

So you can get married again properly this time.

[He says nothing, but he's definitely thinking... would he be considered a divorced man even after the marriage, since it would be his second? He wasn't sure.]

Or seein' as it's close to a year since, I could just... do it. I mean, m-make it official if she wants to. Chalk it up to a mistake to the prismal town clerk or wh-whatever...!

[look she doesn’t know but... if they’re Lunatia married... it seems weird to have done it without knowing?! something must be done, it’s brainstorming time!]

Would you have to do it... ? Didn’t you already do it? Or is the rings just for show? I don’t know how rings work in any world...

I mean-... no, I wouldn't have to, no. Lotta people just have a quiet, private ceremony.

But I got the rings as kinduva- kinduva symbol. Like, 'When we get outta here and things still work out, let's maybe get married and stuff'. Those are called Promise Rings, I think.

Then when you're ready to do the big deal, you get engagement rings, which then I think get the official wedding rings worn on top of them. That's a lot of extra jewelry weight, but that's how people in the West do it.

[SHE SUPPORTS THIS COUPLE but]

... That's so many rings.

Too many damn rings! My hands feel heavy thinkin' about 'em all! We're not becomin' feudal lords, we're husband n' friggin' wife!

Stuff like that's gettin' popular back home, though. I guess I'd want somethin' traditional. We're kinda old-fashioned, I think.

Too many rings...

[But wait, like. She's gotten side tracked.]

But wait-

What... are you doing?

We're hoppin' the Comet to talk to Lumi. Then... then I s'pose it's time to figure out what Naoto wants to do next.

Y'know, w-whether she wants to give the rings back, or if we're... not.

And if you don't... Are you going to do it... not Lunatian style? Like with a banquet and fancy kimono and everything?

If we're doin' it, hell yeah! O-one'a my dreams has been to make my own... o-our own, a hikifurisode style, since white's kinda boring...

Kanji would make it by hand?!

[THAT'S

SO

CUTE]

I'd help my mom make stuff for local weddings in the springtime! I think she joked once that it'd only be a matter of time before she'd help make mine, or I'd make my own...

I want to see Kanji's mother... She always sounds so amazing...

Man, as much as I complain about her, I miss the hell out of her, too.

If it's somethin' that happens, just a warning: She's pretty damn overwhelming. She always makes too much to eat and fusses a lot. You'd swear she was your mom, too.

Haha, I don’t know... that sounds like my mother!

[omg is that why they got on so well... same mom types?]

Heh... yeah? You got stories? Maybe our moms would be pals.

I kind of think they would be... Or, well, maybe my mother looks more like a grandmother, but...

We'd probably get so fat if they were both together...

Aww, but I like my shape... we'll just have to do our best to distract 'em or volunteer to make refreshments!

You can't throw my mother off the scent if she smells anything worth gossiping about, you know! But we can try!

Heh... yeah, that sounds familiar.

[He paused. He turned pink, and rubbed the back of his head.]

H-hey, so... nothin' is set in stone or nothin', but I wonder if you n' Gonta would be cool with comin' to a... y'know.

I-if Naoto n' I go through with all this.