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[codeforhope]

[A recent conversation with Shaun- a bit of an unrelated one to what's on his mind, it was about sewing of all things- has got Chihiro thinking as he works on his PokeGear tonight, reviewing some strings of code that would be totally meaningless to most that he offered to Zip to play around with. The Porygon accepted the challenge with an enthusiasm that was almost adorable, really, along with serving to keep him busy for the past month.

His newly evolved Leavanny has been busy too, mostly interested in learning how to make clothing. Actual clothing that her trainer could wear. Naturally nothing had particularly been produced that would be suitable for a Pokemon to wear, much less a person, but nevertheless Chihiro is happy to be her model whenever she's gotten something done that she wants him to try on. Thank goodness for locks on doors, that's all he can say.

She'd been sticking to easy things, but she wanted to make full outfits. Most notable was her tendency to try to shape out patterns in spools of fabric that Chihiro bought for her for both skirts and pants for him to choose between. He always let her make the final decision, always. Chihiro's Pokemons' happiness always came first, it seemed.

Somehow, all of this culminates in a text to the network:]

Have you done anything recently that you could say you were particularly proud of? Maybe some sort of achievement or milestone that you have been trying to reach for a long time. Perhaps something you've been working to get over, and finally managed to overcome it.

You may respond anonymously if you would like...I am just curious to hear what you all have to say.

[Perhaps others have had more luck in that area than he has.]

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[codeforhope]

[......UUUUUUM.

Okay, going to just scoot by his own talk of murderschool here, yes. But where does he even begin...]

My friends...well...

We were all attending the same school, back home in Japan. Before then I didn't really have anyone I was particularly close with, other than my father. I don't know if you have met any of the others, but a lot of my classmates are here.

[There's a brief pause between messages.]

I won't bother you with trying to tell you about everyone, but...I do consider them all to be friends, whether or not they feel the same about me. If that makes sense. There's...Naegi-kun in particular. He was very nice to me when we first arrived, and spoke to me when I was too shy to talk to anyone else. It helped me a lot, you see.

[Chihiro's not sure if he could easily call any of his classmates his very best friends, because admittedly they didn't get to spend a lot of time together before now. But...]

Now that we have been here, I feel like I've become closer to them. And...there is also Nanami-san, who I first met here. She is very important to me as well.

[suncrushed]

From your words alone, they sound like delightful people. I haven't met this Naegi person, but I have talked to Nanami a while back. [Who promptly recommended a multitude of video games for her to play after finding out that Juniper did not play video games.] If I were given the opportunity to, however, I would be more than honoured to speak with them. And I do think that they would be proud to call someone as wonderful as you their friend, Chihiro.

[codeforhope]

[/internal screaming]

You are too nice to me...but thank you. Hopefully you will be able to speak with him, sometime.

[suncrushed]

Heehee, there's no need to thank me, but you're welcome. I do look forward to it, and perhaps you'll be able to speak to one of my friends someday if they ever arrive.

[codeforhope]

I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you, Juniper-san.

[suncrushed]

[It's not heard, considering it's text, but she giggles a bit.]

Thank you, Chihiro.