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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]

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.