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[lumberlady]

[Good morning, Lunatia. The video starts with a view of hooves, a too close view of a face... and then finally... a centaur? Who keeps looking off screen while she talks and never seems to actually focus on the lens correctly.]

Hello? Can everyone see me? Connor, am I doing this right? Okay? ... Okay.

[She clears her throat and dips into a bow, the camera bobbing along with her.]

Hello! This is Konoha... some of you maybe think my name is Shizu, but- It's Konoha! I'm from Echigo province, in Japan, if you know it... and I'll be in your care.

If you don't know me, which, I figure is most of you, this city must be even bigger than the capital I'm the... well in my world we say jinba but I'm the "centaur". I haven't seen anyone else like me so I think I can say "the"...

Anyway... what I wanted to ask was... if anyone had an recommendations for... shops? I've never really shopped before, and I haven't seen any locals quite like me, so if you know somewhere that does... I don't know, tailoring? Or a restaurant with really big seats or tall tables? Anything like that!

I'd appreciate it, so... thank you very much!

[Another bow, another bob of the camera... and a blurry flash of android helping her turn the dang thing off. Thanks, Connor.]

Comments

[udonsong]

Oh, yes. Some kind of rule from a dragon kingdom showed up? And gave us eggs to care for. The eggs drained chroma rapidly, so they were a bit dangerous, but ultimately they hatched a few days later.

In thanks for our work helping the eggs and in order to take the dragons home, they invited us Moonblessed to their kingdom and gave us free lodging for the remainder of our stay. It was quite an interesting week or so.

[ He misses his little dragon baby, but it was for the best... ]

[lumberlady]

.... You know, if I didn't decide to believe everything here it would sound pretty insane.

[Dragon eggs that drained chroma... and hatched baby dragons...]

[udonsong]

Ah... you know, that is a fair point.

[ Hasebe laughs..... ]

Things are very strange here. I very likely wouldn't believe it either, if it wasn't happening to me.

[lumberlady]

Do you think... We'll be here very long?

[udonsong]

Hm. I don't know for sure.

[ He's lived so long, he isn't even worried about it. But humans... their lives can be so short. Her concern makes sense. ]

The best we can hope for is to have a memorable time, I think. This place has been a great opportunity for me to meet many kinds of different people. I'm very grateful for that.

[lumberlady]

... Well, you're right about that. I've met some amazing people I never could have imagined.

[and even though she wants to go home... she'll miss them]

[udonsong]

That's right. There's no telling who comes and goes in this place, so I am thinking of it as a kind of vacation. I'll enjoy it while I can and wish my friends the best if and when they return home.

[ Then again, he's a little better at letting people go than most. Sometimes. Sometimes he just never talks about them again. ]

[lumberlady]

That’s... all we really can do in the end, though, you’re right.