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    That’s that, he thinks to himself. I saw the Sphereite. It’s just a kid. Curiosity sated.

    Done. Finished. No reason to go back.

    Despite these thoughts, Zanka will go back. It’s not for anything in particular. Not even a gut feeling. It’s simply an impulse that he can’t shake. Maybe, possibly, a feeling not entirely dissimilar to guilt.

    And he’s probably imagining it, but from where his hands grip his bō, a warmth travels through his perpetually frozen fingers and seeps into his bones and blood, slowly melting up his arms and settling like what he thinks a hug would feel like around his shoulders.

    It feels like a reassurance.

    That was, technically, the first night Zanka (and Aibō) met Rudo. It depends on who you ask.

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