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... You did? Do you have the code with you?

[ She might as well look through it later, especially as the expert coder here. ]

[This has turned into a shitty distraction. Yuuto retrieves the drive from his shirt pocket and holds it up, but he doesn’t relinquish to her while she’s cleaning.]

Yeah. I always have it on me. It’s for controlling my Rumor- er… Distortion, I guess.

I think it’ll run properly now!

Do you mind if I take a look at it later? I'm interested in seeing how it works.

[ Anyway, she'll finish doing the basic washing and then places the plates into the automatic dishwasher. ]

Please, if it’ll entertain you then go ahead.

[He even offers the drive once she’s dried her hands.]

It’s nothing special. It’ll just run a counter-Rumor. One that I made for myself. Then… I can still be ‘me.’

[… awful distraction. He’s doing terribly. Yuuto laughs nervously.]

I guess I am scared after all. Sorry. After all of that talk about trust too.

It's fine to be scared, you know.

[ She sighs and dries her hands with a towel nearby before taking the flash drive. ]

Anyway, let's see how it works~

[ Time to check it out on the computer! ]

I'm a kami. We aren't supposed to get scared...

[He follows after her, offering a quick warning before she checks it;]

You might want to turn off your wifi first. If it works correctly, it'll play my files all around the city when it connects to wifi. I think that I figured out how to do that, anyway...

You're a person with emotions. Fear is a natural emotion.

[ In any case, she'll turn off her internet connection temporarily before putting the flash drive in. ]

Ahaha... You're not wrong, but... [Old habits die hard, as they say.

He watches from over her shoulder, curious about what she's going to do with the file. In equal measure, he doesn't want for her to check the video and audio recordings that would play if the program was activated.]

What are you looking for? Am I about to be graded for the quality of my work?

Making sure that the files work properly and see if there's any bugs or errors. So yes.

So if it works, you won't stop me from using it if I need to?

If it works right, yes.

[Yuuto can be heard smiling from where he stands behind her,] Then please, do whatever you need to! Just don't open the audio or video files, please. They aren't the important part.

....

[ She's going to open the audio and video files. ]

INABA!

[Yuuto can feel his ears beginning to burn. It’s bad enough to hear his voice played out loud, but it’s worse when he’s saying such ridiculous things..!]

“Greetings, Starsand City! I am your Spacetime Kami, Yumeno Yuuto-“

[He makes a squawking sound to try to cover up the recording, as the pre-recorded Yuuto tries to sound like a convincing villain.]

It’s not the final version and also uh- Well! [“Villain Yuuto” tries to explain how if he’s defeated, then it will be possible to find the Facility and send everyone home-]

I thought- If I have to be a Rumor, I’ll at least be useful!