Editing On a Godless Planet:Volume1A Preface (section)

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'''Waiting Anew

I wanted to get this shopping trip right.

Tachikawa was nice because it had a lot of places to shop. As someone who originally lived deep in the mountains, a place with so much stuff was kind of incredible.

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“Wow. Takashimaya and Isetan. Takashimaya sounds better from the name, but Isetan reminds me of the Ise Grand Shrine, so it could be good too.”

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“Senpai-chan, are you the type who gets really taken in by brand names?”

It probably was pretty obvious I was from the countryside. I was aware of that. Yes.

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“But in Tachikawa, wouldn’t Will have more of what young people are looking for?”

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“No, a name like Will is a bit too powerful for me.”

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“How?”

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“I guess you could say it’s too bright and sunny. It’s too much for an insignificant god who lived in the shadows.”

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“Senpai-chan, can you even go to a family restaurant at night? Do you take damage if you live out in the sun or something?”

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“It isn’t that bad, but I do wonder if maybe it would be better to cook for myself. Of course, that just makes me order things you can only really get at a family restaurant.”

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“Found anything good recently?”

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“A lot of them have started serving avocado desserts, right? It really bothers me that so many menus misspell it as av''a''cado.”

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“Um, Senpai-chan? I think she was asking about the food itself.”

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“Anyway, Senpai-san, I do think you can pull off more mature fashion styles, but since you’re supposed to be a high school third year, let’s try something younger.”

They used that reasoning to take me to Will.

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“So what are you buying?”

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“Well, you see, Sumeragi-kun will be arriving again.”

I did already have enough to live in the room next to his.

But even so…

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“For every rollback, I kind of want to buy something new to ‘move in’ with.”

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“Yeah, I think I kind of get it. Maybe?”

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“That is not logical, but I will try to understand.”

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“Is it a kind of purification?”

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“It is. I think of it like treating the rollback as an unpleasant past that can be purified by bringing in something new.”

The other two nodded.

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“So what are you buying today?”

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“Underwear?”

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“No! Besides, the new style uniform doesn’t need underwear.”

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“Hold on. You ''do'' have other clothes, don’t you?”

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“…”

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“Of course I do!”

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“Now I’m really worried…”

This was an important “ceremony” for me. I did have a decent idea of what I wanted, but…

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“Oh. There it is. I’ll go with this.”

We were at a flower shop and I selected…

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“Chinese bellflowers. …The ones that bloom in this season are blue or white, but I want the blue ones.”

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“I’m not buying them because they’re one of the edible Seven Flowers of Autumn.”

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“No one said anything like that. But…

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“I was expecting some kind of item or clothing, but flowers, huh? I’m a little surprised.”

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“I went with those other things at first because I didn’t have enough, but now that I have pretty much everything I need, I’ve started buying flowers. If only I could put them out on the balcony before ‘meeting’ Sumeragi-kun.”

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Kuwajiri-chan spoke up next to me while we watched Senpai-chan go to check out.

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“Do you know the language of flowers meaning for blue Chinese bellflowers? ‘Endless love’ and ‘grace’.”

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“We’ve got that in the West too. For us, it’s ‘sincerity’ and ‘hoping for someone’s return’.”

Kuwajiri-chan sighed.

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“The language of flowers meaning of the banana is ‘style’, so I kind of feel like I’m the loser there.”

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“For wheat, it’s ‘fortune’ and ‘prosperity’, so I think I have a decent chance.”

When we high-fived, Senpai-chan tilted her head and smiled a bit, but I doubt she knew what we were talking about.

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