Kanade's Room
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Kanade

No, this isn't it.

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Kanade

(I started working on a new song in order to turn what I felt when I saw Ena's dad's art into music...)

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Kanade

(But I'm having so much trouble capturing it in sound...)

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Kanade

What was that painting named again...? “A Peony Blooming in the Night”...?

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Kanade

When we saw it...

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Mizuki

Alright, we're pretty far in now.

The next painting is...

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Mafuyu

This one...

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Kanade

Oh wow.

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Kanade

(This painting resonates with me so much more than the other ones for some reason. But why...?)

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Kanade

(His other paintings all involved darkness in some way, and they seemed to be an expression of his pain and suffering. But this one...)

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Kanade

(There's more.)

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Kanade

(There's pain... But also light...)

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Kanade

(I want to try putting this sensation into a song...)

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Kanade

(I even bought a book of his paintings to make sure that I don't forget what I felt that time...)

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Kanade

(But that painting still stands above the rest for me.)

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Kanade

(I don't know what Ena's dad felt when he made that painting...)

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Kanade

(I want to turn what I felt into a song.)

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Kanade

I'll keep trying.

A few hours later
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Kanade

Okay, it's done...

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Kanade

*Nod*

(I feel like it captures what I felt that time.)

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Ena

<Huh? K, you're still awake?>

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Kanade

<Oh, Enanan?>

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Ena

<It's already morning. Did you stay up all night working...?>

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Kanade

<Huh? Oh, you're right.

I didn't realize that it was morning already.>

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Ena

<Geez... Promise me that you'll at least take a nap later, okay? At the same time, I'm one to talk...>

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Kanade

<Were you also working, Enanan?>

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Ena

<Yeah. After I logged off yesterday, I noticed something about my illustration that I didn't like. I was fixing that until now.>

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Ena

<Anyway, I was about the send my file over, and I saw that you were online. That really took me by surprise.>

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Kanade

<I see.>

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Kanade

(Wait, only Ena and I are here right now. This could be my chance to...)

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Kanade

<Enanan, do you have a minute?>

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Ena

<What's up?>

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Kanade

<So, there's a song that I'd like for you to listen to...>

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Ena

<Wait, you already composed another song...?! You work way too fast!>

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Kanade

<Oh, but it's not for N25.

It's something that I just felt like composing is all...>

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Kanade

<So, would you mind listening to it?>

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Ena

<You want me to?>

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Kanade

<Yes.>

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Ena

<Okay. I do want to hear what it's like, so I'll give it a listen...>

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Kanade

<Thank you. I'll send it over now.>

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Kanade

<What did you think...?>

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Ena

<For starters, it felt a little different from the songs you usually compose...>

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Kanade

<A little different...?

Can you elaborate on that?>

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Ena

<Hmm... The songs you compose for N25 usually involve seeing the light at the end of a long, dark tunnel so to speak. But with this song...>

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Ena

<The light took center stage...

It felt like something incredibly precious that you couldn't go on without. Like it meant everything.>

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Kanade

<Something that I can't go on without...?>

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Ena

<Also, why did you want me to listen to it?>

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Kanade

<Oh, so...

I based this song on what I felt when I saw one of your dad's paintings.>

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Ena

<What...?>

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Kanade

<It was the painting called “A Peony Blooming in the Night”... Something about it felt special.>

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Ena

<Oh, it did...?>

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Ena

<I didn't realize that painting would turn into this kind of song...>

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Ena

<Thanks for letting me hear it.>

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Ena

<I'm glad I got this chance.>

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Kanade

<Really...?

Then, I'm also glad.>

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Kanade

(That exhibit was definitely worth the trip.)

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Kanade

(Not only did I get to see all those paintings, but I was also able to compose a kind of song that I usually don't...)

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Kanade

(I still don't know what Ena's dad was feeling when he painted that peony...)

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Kanade

(But I hope that my song was able to do it some justice.)