Editing On a Godless Planet:Volume2B Preface (section)

===Inner Cover===

[Warning: This inner cover story takes place after the events of the book and references some information revealed in the book, so save it for later if you want to avoid all spoilers.]

'''Slowing Current

●

Kido looked to the table and sighed when she saw the cheeseburger in its paper wrapper.

[[Image:godless_kido.png|50px]]

“So we’re back in Tachikawa, but why are we eating burgers in the Lotteria below the station?”

[[Image:godless_shifu_akire.png|50px]]

“Well, you know. We were so busy during the end of the camping trip it all went by in a flash, so we didn’t want it to end quite yet.”

[[Image:godless_ki.png|50px]]

“We were just reluctant to go home. It felt like a bad place to stop, I guess.”

Kido agreed with that. At any rate, the Romans and Greeks had already left and Eshita-san had wandered off somewhere, but the rest were all here.

[[Image:godless_raidou.png|50px]]

“Just think of it as a small celebration, or one final extracurricular activity. We’ll be doing our usual stuff in the clubroom tomorrow. We also have to work with Balancer to make adjustments since this incident got us so far off schedule.”

[[Image:godless_kido_awate.png|50px]]

“There’s a surprising amount to do during summer break.”

[[Image:godless_shinobu.png|50px]]

“Do you have any plans here, Kido-chan?”

She had to think about that one.

She had planned to return to her home region in Kansai and think about her future plans during the break. After all, gods had a combat advantage when on their home turf. After that, she would only need to figure out where she belonged, but…

[[Image:godless_kido.png|50px]]

“I no longer need to seek out a job to kill all my spare time. I still feel like the circumstances forced me into it, but I will be assisting your activities now.”

[[Image:godless_gil.png|50px]]

“That’s basically how it happened with us, but it’s hard to believe how much has happened in the week since we joined them. The Far East was a wild place in this era.”

[[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]

<Tachikawa in the 90s was actually very peaceful. There are just some people here with a penchant for stirring up trouble.>

[[Image:godless_tenma.png|50px]]

“Personally, I would like more time to confirm the knowledge I have encountered recently.”

[[Image:godless_kuwajiri.png|50px]]

“I too would like time to absorb the knowledge I have gathered.”

[[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]

<That would be nice, wouldn’t it?>

[[Image:godless_kido_awate.png|50px]]

“D-do you know something we don’t!?”

“But anyway,” Kido said, turning toward Izumi.

He was probably the starting point for the current that had brought her here – and brought the others as well – but he was currently asleep.

[[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]]

“He was so hyper in the train, so he must have worn himself out.”

When he was quiet like this, it was hard to believe how noisy that human could be. Kido found herself smiling.

●

I asked Kido-san a question while she smiled.

[[Image:godless_senpai_awate.png|50px]]

“Um, Kido-san? Can I ask something!?”

[[Image:godless_kido_awate.png|50px]]

“Hwuh!? What is it?”

[[Image:godless_senpai_shinken.png|50px]]

“Well, Sumeragi-kun has a name, right? Sumeragi Izumi. Did you come up with it?”

[[Image:godless_kido.png|50px]]

“Balancer gave me a baby naming book and we technically came up with it together. But since he was going to be the ‘first human’, we chose something similar to the first person named as a human in Shinto mythology.”

I immediately jotted down Kido-san’s explanation, copied it onto a Revelation Board, and saved it. And then…

[[Image:godless_senpai_awate.png|50px]]

“I see! Now, if you don’t mind answering another question, why did you spell it with the character for ‘see’? That does seem more correct for a Shinto origin, but wouldn’t using the character for ‘water’ be better since it matches your element?”

[[Image:godless_kido.png|50px]]

“Well…”

Kido-san’s cheeks flushed slightly. She placed a hand on her neck in a hesitant way.

[[Image:godless_kido.png|50px]]

“If I did that, it would seem, well, like I was trying claim him for myself and I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to let him go. Also…”

Also…

[[Image:godless_kido.png|50px]]

“As a Scythian god, I come from a culture without written language, so how the name is written didn’t seem very important to me.”

I responded to her explanation by grabbing her hands and vigorously shaking them up and down.

<br style="clear:both"/>