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Oh, a whole bunch of different kinds!

[canon never gave me specific fillings,,,]

[fleshedout]

How about this. Let's make some in honor of your mom, okay?

[She means it.]

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[oh.

jiuqing is clearly touched by that.]

...I like that idea a lot.

[fleshedout]

[A light smile.]

Teach me how to do it, and I'll follow your lead.

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All right, so we'll start like this...

[insert directions here



which like. i don't know how to make them either but we're gonna pretend a very detailed recipe was in this meta text]

[fleshedout]

[what a stunningly complicated recipe i just read right now]

You have a good memory. It sure has a lot of steps.

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I used to watch her make them all the time... I hated having to wait for them to be ready! I just wanted to eat them!

[fleshedout]

...

[She laughs.]

Maybe we'll have to make them quicker for you so you won't have to wait.

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I don't know that we can! They need time to cook... if we take it out too soon the dough will be raw and it won't taste right.

[fleshedout]

So it's a waiting game either way...oh well.

Guess good things come with necessary prices.

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I suppose so...

[she


hates waiting, though.

i keep thinking about the vending machine in 7r and how jiuqing would have visited it like 20 times a day if i'd apped her there instead of here.]

[fleshedout]

[JIUQING IN 7RINGS..... [her kicking limbo's ass]

We'll just sit and remind ourselves of how good it will taste when its out. I'll be patient for you.

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...thank you, Miss Hot Pants.

[fleshedout]

[A smile.]

Anything for you.

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[she smiles back, clearly touched. literal animal crossing flowers and anime sparkles.]

You're very kind.

[fleshedout]

[She stares for a long moment. There are flowers curling around her ears, little red ones, but her expression is calm.]

I want to be as kind as you, so I'm glad.

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...I'm not really kind by nature, Miss Hot Pants. It's just that most people here haven't given me much reason to be unkind.

[the exception is like


garou

he's still on her shit list for kissing her]

[fleshedout]

Mm. Not all too surprisingly, I would agree with you.

[LAUGHING AT GAROU FOREVER]

But still. I said what I said. You may not be kind by nature, but you actively try to be.

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You do the same.

[she smiles]

I think that counts for a lot.

[fleshedout]

...

[She tilts her head, thoughtfully. Calm, all the while, white flowers trailing over her neck, now.]

You saw in my memory that I wanted...God to forgive me. For my good deeds to soothe my soul. I don't know if that's possible, in the end. But it doesn't stop me from trying. If you think it counts...then good.

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I do.

Truly bad people don't seek forgiveness for any reason, and they don't feel like they're in any need of soothing. I think I've said something like this before.

If you continuously try to do good, then that's all anyone can ask of you. Including yourself, I think.