Mm, probably! I think anything that we work on improving is going to help out in some way. But I wasn't talking about that kind of thing just yet.

[it was endearing that he'd jumped right to something like that, and another giggle escapes before she can contain it. just was ready to dive into the deep end as he'd been the last time they'd talked; she was glad that some things had managed to stay the same.

but not everything. that was why she felt obligated to do this, so that she could be as upfront with Fubuki as possible. he deserved that - both because of what she was going to ask him to divulge over the course of this conversation and because he was her friend.]

I don't know who you've decided you are, but I'm not the same girl you met before. It'd be really rude to keep talking before we introduced ourselves.

[even if Fubuki gave her the same name as last time, she didn't mind. the point was that it would be whoever he was and Reimi, not Emily. Japanese courtesy dictated that this should be done with all rapidity...and so did her heart.]

I want us to know each other properly.

['properly'. it sounds like such a silly choice in wording, but she couldn't think of anything equally succinct to convey her desires here. what she wanted was for them to both know the true person on the other side, no matter how long it took.]