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From: Poseidon
Date: June 10th

What do you do when...your shinki...uhm...disappears?

[Private to Rin]

He's gone...

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shinki can just disappear like that???

What harpooned?

Harpooned

Happened

[.... he's still working on his text recognition.]

I really don't know. I still don't understand this world at all.

Normally, I would find him in soaking in the bathtub, but he wasn't there or anywhere. No matter how much I tried calling out to him, there was just no more connection.

That's awful. sorry.

are you going to be OK? Somebody colander

volunteered

to help you out right?

I will be okay.

Yeah. I have a few close friends coming over.

Are you still getting used to your phone?

I don't think I had one this fancy before. sorry!! typing is hard

anyway you should take care of yourself. eat your favorite dinner and hug your friends.

and get a new shinki soon because it's no good for anybody to be alone.

I believe you'll get used to it soon enough. Then you won't be able to forget how.

Maybe I'll have his favorite dinner because now I won't have to eat it as much...

[Even though it's a sad thought, when else is he going to eat obscene amounts of mackerel?]

I don't really know how to just...get a new one, though. Haru and I have always been a pair. I've known him since we were toddlers.

wait I thought he was your shinki. you mean the two of you knew each other even before he died?

[Eep! That's supposed to be a secret isn't it?! He's so bad at this god thing and he's all sad and not thinking.]

I mean, well, gods grow too and he's always liked the water. So since he was alive and a toddler I watched over him because I am the god of the sea and he swims like a dolphin.

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oh.

[That makes it so much sadder! Poseidon must be one of the old gods to have been following his shinki for so long. And if he took in the shinki's spirit after his death, to have him just disappear like that...

That's awful. Tsuzuki hesitates over what to say -- he doesn't understand, exactly, and he doesn't know what it must feel like to a god to lose somebody like that, but he can't just not respond.]

wherever he is now, I'm sure he wouldn't want you to be sad! he got to know you, and that's something special, no matter what else happens.

[He feels bad, but he doesn't want to potentially break someone else's shinki if he is a shinki. It's better to be safe than sorry. The consequences for reckless actions are dire here.]

You're right. I hope that he had a good time with me.

Nothing can replace what we had, but I really hope that if I get another shinki, I can give them a good bond, too.

Thank you...

I'm sure you will!

you seem like a good guy, Poseidon. whatever shinki you get's lucky to have you.

You can just call me Makoto. I feel more comfortable with that name.

I really appreciate your help. It's going to take a while to adjust, but your encouragement definitely helps that.

got it, Makoto! I'm Tsuzuki Asato, but Asato's fine.

seriously it's the least I can do though. if we run into each other on the near shore I'll buy you a drink.

Okay. I'll take you up on that offer, Asato.

Great.

take care of yourself in the meantime!

You too!

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