Hey. Have you finished cleaning up...? Hm?
...
(Why's Emu sitting all alone in the corner over there...?)
(What if...? Is she letting something eat away at her again without telling us anything?)
Emu, what's wrong? What aren't you telling us?
Huh?
If there's something on your mind, wouldn't it be better if the four of us dealt with it together?
It's okay! You can tell me!
Tsukasa...!
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Thanks! In that case... Let's figure out what kind of butterfly this caterpillar will turn into!
Huh? A ca-ca-caterpillar?!
Yeah! See! It has this cute pattern on its side...!
Eeeek...!
No, you fool! Don't come any closer!
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(That sharp look in her eyes...! Is what I just said bothering her that much?)
(No, jokes don't work on her. She could come at me at any moment. I should just try to let her down nice and easy...)
Oh, hahaha. Emu, you jest. Would you mind not coming any closer to me with that?
Huh? Tsukasa, are you okay? What happened all the sudden? Did you eat something weird?
Guh?! I said don't come any closer...!
Hehehe! Today was so much fun, wasn't it♪
Oh, really...? I guess you feel much better now so... Hahaha...
Hehe. We'll clean up the rest while you take a break, Tsukasa.
Oh, thank goodness.
Then let's race to see who can clean up the most! Yahohoy♪
*Sigh*... Being Emu's plaything is tougher than any practice or rehearsal.
Sometimes it feels harder than putting all of Rui's ideas into practice...
You...
Bwah?!
(He's always with Emu... What does he want with me?!)
(Wait! Maybe it's because I called Emu a name during that little squabble...!)
...
...
I never thought this sort of day would come...
Thank you for supporting Ms. Emu...
Huh...?!
Ms. Emu is rather stubborn...
She wishes to see everyone smile... She wishes to protect those smiles and is more determined than anyone else in that matter...
And she was most afraid of doing something to rob someone of their precious smile...
Yes. It does seem that way...
As much as we'd like to be more sympathetic to her ideas, we are unfortunately in no position to do so.
By doing so, we would no longer be able to physically be by her side...
...
But you were able to cross that line... You were able to overcome that hurdle...
...!
Thanks to your efforts, it seems like Ms. Emu will open up more now...
Which is also why you are not to take any half-measures regarding this matter.
Half-measures? Who is that directed towards? There's no way any of us won't do everything we can.
How can we make others smile if we can't make one of our own friends smile first?
Good. Don't ever forget that...
Yes, a star never breaks any promises. Stand witness to what we are about to achieve!
Tsukasa, I'm back!
You seemed to be chatting up a storm with Mr. Mascot. Anything interesting?
Huh? Oh, it was nothing.
He essentially told me to look out for our stubborn little princess here.
Stubborn? Princess? Who's that?
Who else could it be other than you?!
Me?!
Yes! We have a mountain that's too high and a valley that's too low to deal with!
Are you sure that's actually how that goes?
Forget the details!
I'm doing it. That's that!
Hehehe♪ I'm not really sure what you're talking about, but... Yay☆