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[codeforhope]

Hello... you've reached Chihiro Fujisaki. I apologize for missing you, but, um... please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

[Beep!]

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[voice]

[codeforhope]

[Chihiro answers promptly just a bit later.]

Ah- hello, Xion! My favorite color is green.

[...but now he's curious as to what the reason is, obviously.]

[voice]

[faintwaves]

Mm! Okay, then I'll have to get some more green beads. [She realizes she should give context, so:] I've gotten into beading since coming here, with seashells and beads and stuff. Recently I've gotten the hang of making bracelets, so I wanted to make some for all my friends.

[voice]

[codeforhope]

That's so nice of you! Thank you for making me one. I can't wait to see what it looks like.

[voice]

[faintwaves]

Well...some girls in town told me that friends get bracelets from their friends, and I've met so many people here that have been so nice to me I wanted to be able to do something nice for them.

[What she means is friendship bracelets, but Xion missed the part where you have to have a matching one with your friends.]

[voice]

[codeforhope]

Mm, they're right. I don't think I've ever gotten a friendship bracelet before, actually...

[He remembers getting a lot of things back home from his classmates, but...a lot of those were just really, really weird.]

[voice]

[faintwaves]

I haven't...had a lot of friendships like this before, or been around so many nice people.

[How do you explain that you never actually went to school except in the memories of another person.]

[voice]

[codeforhope]

[A question for the ages, for sure.]

I'm glad to hear that you've made so many good friends here, Xion. I'm sure everyone is going to like the bracelets very much.

[voice]

[faintwaves]

Well, I'll see when I actually start working on them. We're over in Cerulean right now, so I can see what they've got here for beads too.

How've you been lately?

[That's a normal topic to bring up in conversation, right?]

[voice]

[codeforhope]

I've been doing well! Things have been quiet lately, but I don't mind. Other than the weather, anyway...

Rise-san and I are in Ecruteak right now. I think we'll be heading to the next town soon. I came here by myself once, but never traveled farther since I didn't want to go alone...but I'm excited to see what the rest of the region is like.

[voice]

[faintwaves]

Have you and Rise made new friends? They seem to be coming along with the weather! I got a Mareep during the rain and I named her Aurora 'cause of the light on her tail. She's so cute.

[Xion: Lover of all things cute.]

[voice]

[codeforhope]

Oh, yes! I got one too, actually. She was very happy to be out of the rain. Her name is Tenki, which is "weather" in Japanese. I figured it would be fitting, thanks to all of the rain.