*Yawn*

Oh...

I need to wake up since I actually managed to get up early.

Our next show is gonna be our last one as members of the park's cast.

(The four of us are gonna learn as much as we can and become better actors.)

(And if we can make our dreams come true together...)

I need to do everything I can to achieve that!

Okay, then I'll start with the exercises Ms. Kazamatsuri showed me...

Phew...

(This might be the most sets I can do. Doing any more is probably going to affect how I practice...)

(Ms. Kazamatsuri even said that I shouldn't do more until my body's had a chance to get used to it...)

(While I'm doing this, others out there are also probably doing their best to get better.)

(No, I have to think Tsukasa and Seiryuin are doing even more.)

(If I'm gonna have any hope of catching up to them, I don't have time to sit around.)

(But I'll get scolded again if I push myself too hard. I just have to get used to things and keep at it.)

Oh...

Huh? Nene, you're here early!

Morning, Nene!

Were you doing solo practice all on your own? That's rather unsociable of you.

What's wrong with being alone for solo practice?

I know! Were you having one of those super-secret training sessions?

“No... You mustn't look!

I mean it. You must not look!”

Hehe. Am I supposed to be the crane from that story?

The crane in the story wasn't that obnoxious about it...

Hehe. That could actually make for an interesting twist.

Yeah.

Still, Nene, your stamina's gone up quite a bit. I'm guessing your core feels a lot stronger now as well.

You often stood on one leg and even your tip-toes when you played the Cowardly Canary, but your performance felt very natural.

Oh...

He's right. I doubt you would've been able to do that if your core wasn't strong enough.

(They noticed what I did then...?)

(That makes me really happy. I worried about what my legs were doing just as much as getting my arms to look like real wings.)

By the way, Nene...

I have a suggestion for you since you've been working so hard. Would you like to hear it?

Huh...?

You've got that look on your face... I dunno what you're planning, but I...

The thing is, I made some upgrades to the weighted jacket I lent you that one time!

No, I'm telling you I'm good...

But wouldn't it be better to make use of any aids that can help you increase your stamina more efficiently?

Ah, more efficiently you say...?

Do you wear it like a regular jacket? That sounds like fun!

W-Wait, no!

You two are saying that because neither of you have tried it on...

Ah, Tsukasa, Emu, so you're both interested! In that case, I can bring it by tomorrow!

Yes, please do!

Hehehe...

D-Don't come crying to me later, you guys...

Seriously...

(Still, it is nice knowing that we get to keep goofing off together like this...)