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Ten
I have new things for sale.
[Raven picks up the book, to turn it around and show off her new merchandise; some of it is jewelry, some of it is just her playing with metal - metal that came from stuff she took apart after finding it in the item shop. Then there is a row of decorative things. Kyle is visible on the other side of the counter, with a specific focus on the metal leaves and flowers of her potted "plants".]
Mmh, I shouldn't say "for sale". They don't cost anything. If you like them you can have one. [Most don't have any kind of attribute either, due to their just-plain-metal nature. The plants occasionally have gems and crystals as part of the flowers; there are a half-dozen birdnest objects, some with stone eggs inside and some with crystal eggs.
Raven's growing fear of being left alone makes her a clingier employee and, surprise surprise, a friendlier salesperson.]
[Raven picks up the book, to turn it around and show off her new merchandise; some of it is jewelry, some of it is just her playing with metal - metal that came from stuff she took apart after finding it in the item shop. Then there is a row of decorative things. Kyle is visible on the other side of the counter, with a specific focus on the metal leaves and flowers of her potted "plants".]
Mmh, I shouldn't say "for sale". They don't cost anything. If you like them you can have one. [Most don't have any kind of attribute either, due to their just-plain-metal nature. The plants occasionally have gems and crystals as part of the flowers; there are a half-dozen birdnest objects, some with stone eggs inside and some with crystal eggs.
Raven's growing fear of being left alone makes her a clingier employee and, surprise surprise, a friendlier salesperson.]
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[He's not really serious, but the answer is automatic, barely thought. Ikki pauses and coughs slightly when he realizes it.]
But no. Not anything I can't deal with, he has often nagged me about meeting you, though.
[Stupid big brother with bird complex.]
My name's Phoenix Ikki, I'm Marco's phoenix bro.
[If he remember correctly that's what Marco told him to say to her, as if it would help to make things less awkward.]
[Voice]
"Marco's phoenix bro"? What is that supposed to mean?
[Voice]
[Adopted older brother, but ever since he got Whitebeard's flag tattooed Ikki is sure that the word "adopted" lost its sense with them.]
[Voice]
[She had no idea there were so many people who could turn into birds.]
You don't seem as bothersome as he is.
[Voice]
[He loves him, really, best older brother he could wish for. But Marco is bothersome and to say otherwise is a lie.]
[Voice]
[Which brings her to feelings a kinship with this Ikki through their mutual annoyance-by-Marco. Could be worse.]
...I know why he wanted you to tell me.
[Voice]
[Or she is a bird herself, one of the two.]
[Voice]
[There are some secrets that do not belong to relative strangers.]
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[Complain? He was complaining about her?]
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[He approaches a girl who is polishing something. If he's wrong she will probably be able to tell him where the one he's looking for is.]
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