...

<Oh boy, I can't focus anymore.

I've more or less finished this section anyway, so I'll be logging off now.>

<I'm logging off too.

I really need to catch up on all that lost sleep.>

<Yes, I'll do that after I find a good place to stop—>

<Hey. Why do you think feelings and emotions exist?>

<What?>

<Why do you ask, Yuki?>

<...>

<Hey, don't go all quiet on us right after dropping a bomb like that just before we were about to log off!>

<It's really unusual for you to try to start a conversation. Did something happen to make you ask that?>

<There's no deep meaning to it.

I just wanted something to reference for my lyrics.>

<Right, I see.>

<Well, I actually wonder about that myself too.

It's like, do animals really need feelings and emotions to live?>

<Emotions, huh.

Honestly, I find them annoying and a total pain in the neck...>

<Still, feelings like frustration can sometimes be helpful.>

<In what way?>

<Well... Okay, I'm not some sort of hero wannabe, but you know? Like when someone puts you down, the frustration you feel motivates you to want to do something about it?>

<Of course! The classic spirit of defiance♪

You're so cool, Enanan♪>

<Quiet, Amia.>

<Aww, I didn't mean it as an insult!>

<But I think I understand what Enanan is trying to say.>

<Then, what if you lose that?>

<Lose what? Your motivation because of achieving your goal?>

<No. What if you lose the ability to feel frustration?>

<Lose the ability to feel frustration?>

<I don't really know...

Then I guess I wouldn't be me anymore.>

<Wouldn't be you anymore?>

<Yup. It's impossible for me to be me without frustration.>

<Impossible...>

<But you don't like to feel frustrated, do you?>

<You're always chafing at me.>

<Excuse me? Are you looking for a fight?>

<I'm just telling the truth.>

<Sigh... I don't know what to say about you anymore.>

<Relax, Enanan. Keep talking!>

<Nobody likes to feel frustrated... But without that feeling of frustration, I don't think I'd even be here right now.>

<I'd become another person altogether.>

<How so?>

<I...I don't know how to put it.>

<I'd just be a completely different Ena Shinonome, leading a completely different sort of life.>

<Different in what way?>

<Uh... I'm not sure. Anyway, I just wouldn't be myself anymore, that's all! I know that wasn't exactly eloquent, but that's roughly the idea!>

<Oh...>

<I wouldn't be myself anymore... Then maybe...>

<...>

<Thanks, Enanan.>

<Is it just me, or did that sound really hollow?>

<I'm truly grateful. I think.>

<Sigh... At least you said something this time.

That's improvement.>

<So I guess we can call this case closed for now?>

<Yes, case closed.>