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[The feed shows a nice view of absolutely nothing. There is, however, the sound of someone spitting. Very lovely. He just woke up with a mouthful of dead rotting leaves. His day is off to a great freaking start, that's what.]

Ugh, nasty! Ow--... ow... ow. [Don't let the nonchalance fool you. He's realizing he's alive. Taking in a deep breath, and letting it out.

He's alive.

... And also FREEZING COLD. But wait until he finds a way home! This is impossible, but maybe-- just maybe--]

Hahah... jeez, it's c-c-cold. Am I in K-Keterburg or something?

-- Hey, what's...

[And here's when he brushes the journal off. Hello, there's a half-naked redhead getting up close and personal, and turning it upside down, and then shaking it out a bit. What is this strange and mystifying technology? It sure as hell isn't his journal.]

Weird.

[Feeling something tickle his shoulder, he reaches over to brush it off. And then he notices the wings, red with gold tips just like his hair. He has wings. This is not a drill. Luke drops the journal in favor of screaming like the grown man he isn't.]

W-what the hell is going on!?

[NO LUKE DON'T PULL ON THOSE--] —OW! [Yeah, that hurt more than anything else in his life. Now he's curled up over his knees again, trying not to cry. He almost blacked out there.]

G-guess they're real...

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[Emil can sense that Luke is getting distressed, a turn he hadn't wanted this conversation to take. Time to change tactics here.]

It's okay! I'm not mad at you or anything. It happens a lot here when people go home and then come back-- it's just a part of living here. You get used to it after a while, honestly.

And besides, we can always become friends again, right?

[He's unsure about that, but Emil is smiling and encouraging and gentle and he doesn't seem to mind that Luke's forgotten their entire friendship.

He presses his lips into a line.]

You don't mind starting over? Really...?

Not at all. I'm just happy that we have this chance in the first place.

[And he really, honestly means it. He's seen so many friends disappear and never come back that having the opportunity to rekindle a friendship like this is something he's going to treasure.]

[It's hard to say no to that face. He bites down on his bottom lip for a moment, and then he smiles, small and happy.]

Then it's settled.

[Though, he pauses...]

Since you know who I am, what's your name?

Huh?

[Oh, right... he'd forgotten that Luke coming back without memories means that he doesn't remember Emil's name either, meaning that Emil has just been talking at him and offering to be his friend without even introducing himself first. Whoops.]

Oh, I'm sorry... I'm Emil. Emil Castagnier.

[It's okay. Luke is pretty forgiving AND he's just as socially awkward as Emil is.]

Emil. [He repeats it to make sure he has the pronunciation right.] Nice to meet you... again.

So, um, how did we meet before?

[It's a match made in heaven, clearly.]

Actually... it was such a long time ago that I don't remember exactly how we met. I guess that makes the two of us even, huh?

[Surprisingly, that gets a little laugh.]

Then it really is like starting over. That's okay.

I'm still waiting for the others to get here, so... do you mind if we keep talking for a little while?

Not at all. We can talk as long as you'd like. I'm sure you must have a lot of other questions for me, anyway.

... I'm not really the best at making friends, to be honest. [He rubs at his nose.]

Do you have any hobbies or anything like that?

Well... I like to cook, and I help out at Sheena's tea house after school and on the weekends. It makes me feel like I'm actually doing something useful here instead of just sitting around.

... Wow, that takes some serious dedication. I can cook a couple things, but half the time something goes wrong and I'm not even sure why.

What's a tea house like?

Well, it's... it's really relaxing. It's kind of like a restaurant, but it's a lot quieter, and there are tables where you can sit on pillows on the floor to have your food. It's all about taking the time to relax and enjoy yourself while you have your tea.

Huh... it sounds nice, like if you were at home and had servants bring dinner to you.

Except without chairs.

You had servants back in your world?

[Wow... he'd never really realized that Luke was that rich.]

Er--

[He scratches his cheek, looking away suddenly.]

Y-- yeah, sort of. They worked for my parents, mostly. After I got out and started traveling, things got complicated. I don't think about it much.

[Emil can sense this is something of a delicate subject for Luke, so he won't push the topic. Time for a subject change.]

That's okay-- I'm sorry for asking about it. I was just curious because not many people have servants where I come from.

[Thanks man, you're a bro.]

It's fine. I was raised as a noble-- I guess it never came up before.

Come to think of it, I've seen Tear wait on people, but I've never actually eaten at a restaurant.

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You haven't? Not even once?

[Now THAT'S a surprise. He thought rich people could afford to eat in restaurants all the time.]

I... uh... I didn't go outside much, and then we got too busy on our journey...

[A pause.]

But I can come to the tea house, right?

Of course you can. You can come every day if you want, since everything here is free.

Hahah, you'd probably get tired of me. Or I'd get tired of tea.

[Emil laughs.]

That might take a while with how many different kinds of tea they have there.

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