[h2]Mori Hoshiko[/h2]

Trying to keep all of the takoyaki in her arms was difficult enough even without being surprised by Tenchi's dropping in from nowhere, and the white-haired girl's startled response left one of the containers precariously dangling from one arm. Not that she, of all the people in this district, [i]should [/i]have to worry about dropping something. "Ah, thank you, Dojima-san... could you take hold of the one falling off?"

It might have been part of the Organisation's duties to help out with things like people lost in a festival, but for clear reasons, Hoshiko was not a person to expect to be any use in such a hunt. Except for spotting the person by accident, the girl was too small and skittish to actually prove useful. Finding one person only to misplace [i]her[/i] in the process would only make things worse.

Then August came back: "I didn't know how much you wanted, so I got more in case..."