Vol 5 Prologue (2/2)

<oh …yeah,=”” i’=”” to=”” be=”” okay=”” i=”” talked=”” with=”” her=”” a=”” lot=”” back=”” at=”” the=”” camp,=”” you=”” know=””>

“Atta boy! I’m proud of you, Seron!”

“Huh? Oh, right You did”

<so even=”” if=”” she’s=”” wearing=”” her=”” hair=”” down=”” at=”” ho=”” nervous=”” and=”” if=”” one=”” of=”” her=”” parents=”” pick=”” up,=”” i=”” can=”” just=”” tell=”” them,=”” ‘my=”” name=”” is=”” seron=”” hter=”” with=”” her=”” hair=”” down’=”” they’ll=”” pass=”” the=”” receiver=”” right=”” to=”” her,=”” i=”” know=”” it=””>

“…Seron, you got a minute? We need to talk”

“hello Strauski residence”

<…>

“hello?”

<oh, er,=”” excuse=”” me=”” my=”” name=”” is=”” seron=”” maxwell,=”” a=”” fourth-year=”” student=”” at=”” the=”” 4th=”” capital=”” secondary=”” school=”” it’s=”” a=”” pleasure=”” to=”” make=”” your=”” acquaintance=””>

“Ohh, you’re one of Sis’s school buddies! Hiya!”

<…‘h-hiya’? by=”” any=”” chance,=”” are=”” you=”” mica’s=”” brother?=””>

“Uh-huh! I’m Strauski Kurt, twelve years old! Nice to meetcha! We have another little brother too His name’s Johan, ten years old”

<it’s nice=”” to=”” meet=”” you,=”” kurt=”” i’ood=”” i’m=”” impressed=””>

“‘Cause I went to priood at polite stuff yet The teacher tells me off too”

<i see=”” thanks=”” for=”” picking=”” up=”” it’ll=”” be=”” a=”” lot=”” easier=”” on=”” me=””>

“A lot easier for what?”

r… just=”” talking=”” to=”” myself=”” i=”” wanted=”” to=”” talk=”” to=”” your=”” sister—ht=”” now?=”” or=”” is=”” she=”” out=”” on=”” an=”” errand?=””>

“‘Errand’? Oh, you mean is she out? Yeah She’s at the depart the house But they’re gonna bring back some of those deep-fried crisps for me I love ‘em!”

<i see=”” and=”” yeah,=”” the=”” crisps=”” are=”” good=”” so=”” and=”” they’re=”” really=”” greasy=””>

“Y’know, you can’t get that stuff in Sou Be-Il, ever! Crisps like that don’t exist! Me and Johan cried ‘cause it was so good, e first tried it! All the Westerners in the Capital District say, ‘it’s so good!’, ‘it’s delicious!’ and eat it all the time!”

<really?>

“Yeah! If they don’t like it, they’re a fake person pretending to be from the West! Even Dad says we’d make a fortune if we sold it to Sou Be-Il! But you only eat it so Bro?”

<yeah i=”” live=”” in=”” the=”” dorms=”” and=”” eat=”” all=”” my=”” meals=”” there,=”” so=”” i=”” don’t=”” have=”” the=”” chance=”” to=”” go=”” out=”” for=”” food=”” right=”” now=”” i’h=”” i=”” live=”” in=”” a=”” city=”” called=”” weld,=”” far=”” from=”” the=”” capital=”” district=”” those=”” deep-fried=”” crisps=”” aren’t=”” as=”” popular=”” here,=”” so=”” i=”” don’t=”” get=”” to=”” eat=”” them=”” often=””>

“Wow! You live far away? Cool! Can I come over sometime?”

<hm weld=”” is=”” really=”” far=”” you=”” have=”” to=”” take=”” a=”” train=”” overnight=”” but=”” sometimes=”” i=”” invite=”” my=”” friends=”” over,=”” so=”” maybe=”” you=”” could=”” come=”” with=”” them=””>

“Cool! I’ Sis too!”

<…>

“S’wrong?”

<n-nothing it’s=”” nothing=”” yeah=”” you=”” do=”” that=””>

“Awesoht? But she’s out right now”

<could you=”” take=”” a=”” e?=””>

“‘Take’ a e? Er… oh, that e later, right? I got it”

<yeah tell=”” her=”” the=”” newspaper=”” club=”” won’t=”” be=”” doing=”” any=”” activities=”” over=”” the=”” summer,=”” and=”” that=”” she=”” should=”” come=”” to=”” the=”” club=”” office=”” after=”” class="" on=”” the=”” first=”” day=”” back=””>

“No newspaper club stuff for the summer, and meet on the first day of school Got that I wrote it down!”

“Leave it toBro?”

<i think=”” she=”” does,=”” but=”” could=”” you=”” take=”” it=”” down,=”” just=”” in=”” case?=””>

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