w2 curfew: half the game is already here.

[rewriter]

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[factoring]

[Tsuru no Ongaeshi, Bancho Sarayashiki, and King Arthur.]

[honkinbigteeth]

[she's snooping...]

She was a bird all along. I see.

[factoring]

She was.

What do you think of the story?

[honkinbigteeth]

I don't really know much about love yet, so it's hard to judge, but...

It feels like it shouldn't turn out that way. It's not a good ending.

[factoring]

[The calm hum is still there, but on top of it is a static crackle of interest.]

How would you want it to end? The crane willing to stay?

[honkinbigteeth]

I guess - she can't keep hurting herself for him, and he can't keep letting her, but if he wants her to stop then why can't they?

[factoring]

Hmm... Sometimes there are people who don't value themselves as much as they should. Sometimes there are people who can't stand watching their loved ones go through that.

Perhaps they were never a good fit for each other because their relationship was built on nothing more than a favor, and not an affinity.

[honkinbigteeth]

[this is blowing her mind.]

But they love each other...!

[factoring]

[The soft static fuzz of curiosity.]

Do they? What makes it love?

[honkinbigteeth]

Because...

[whoa...]

Kyoko, wow! So they didn't after all?

[factoring]

It's up to the reader to decide if they love each other or not.

Personally, I don't think so.

[honkinbigteeth]

[hmmm, that "up to the reader" thing doesn't sit right with her.]

No, it isn't up to us. It's up to them.

[factoring]

Do you know them?

[ Curious , interested. ]

[honkinbigteeth]

[she shakes her head.]

No, but it still feels familiar in a way. [the kind of story she's used to learning about, that is real in her world.] I'm not sure if I met her, I'd like her. [it still feels cold to her, to do all of those things for someone just to leave them that way.]

But she deserves to decide for herself.

[factoring]

[Considering, before giving a nod.]

Every person should be able to decide their lives for themselves.