| Muku | The line starts here! |
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| Azuma | Please watch your step. |
| Muku | Phew… |
| Azuma | Aren’t you tired, Muku? |
| Muku | Nope, I’m totally fine! I have confidence in my stamina, after all! |
| Azuma | Fufu. How reliable. |
| Young girl | —Nooo! Let’s go home already, mama! |
| Mother | What’s wrong all of a sudden? |
| Young girl | I told you, the eyes of that doll over there moved! |
| Muku | Eh? |
| Mother | There’s no way they did, alright? |
| Young girl | I’m not lying! They moved! |
| Muku | (That doll’s eyes…) |
| (I just brushed it off as my imagination before, but could they have really…!) |
| Mother | Dolls eyes can’t move, alright? |
| Young girl | They moved, I swear! Come on, let’s go home already! |
| Azuma | “…I’m sorry you were frightened, young lady.” |
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| Muku | Azu nee-san…? |
| Azuma | “The dolls here are my brethren.” |
| Young girl | Brethren? |
| Azuma | “In other words, they are my friends.” |
| Muku | (Could this… be an etude?) |
| Azuma | “We usually take the form of dolls.” |
| Young girl | You’re a doll too, mister? |
| Azuma | “Indeed. I wished to speak with all the guests who came here today, so I turned into a human.” |
| “Did you know dolls are said to have souls?” |
| “Thanks to all my different masters who took care of me one generation after another, even a doll like me was given a soul.” |
| “It is all thanks to that I am able to converse with you like this in this moment.” |
| “Just like me, that doll might have wanted to speak with you too, young lady.” |
| Muku | —. |
| Azuma | “Don’t you think so as well?” |
| Muku | —Y-yes! |
| “…I’m delighted I can speak with you like this as well.” |
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| Organizer | Great job, everyone! |
| We received great reviews from the guests thanks to you. |
| Thank you very much for sharing in the festivities with us! |
| Yuki | That reminds me, there was a guest who said they liked the etude by Azu-nee and Muku. |
| Izumi | Etude? |
| Muku | The truth is… there was a young girl who was scared, saying the eyes of a doll were moving. |
| But Azu nee-san was quick on his feet and soothed her with an etude. |
| Banri | The hell? Was that a real horror phenomenon? |
| Izumi | There’s no way… |
| Organizer | Ahh! Was it that doll by any chance? |
| Please wait here for a second. |
| Muku | ? |
