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[indent][color=firebrick][b]“But don’t worry, I’m sure there will be plenty of excitement to be found this year. I’ll just have to keep tipping over the right stones and see what turns up.”[/b][/color]

[color=#9CB795]"Heh. Yeah, I suppose you do."[/color] Laki's mouth was moving independently of his brain at this point. There was still a chance that Seiho was just fooling around, but it seemed to be dwindling faster than an ice cream cone on a hot summer day. He didn't hold it against Seiho, though. The guy just wanted to know more about the [color=yellow]Plague[/color]–which was totally understandable. [i]Everyone[/i] wanted to know more about the [color=yellow]Plague[/color]. It just so happened that Laki was one of the best people to ask about it. Nothing but circumstance had led them to this point. But what if it wasn't?

[color=#9CB795][i]Gotta get it together. Stay composed. Think it through.[/i][/color]

Seiho had been asking people all morning about the [color=yellow]Plague[/color]. Laki just happened to be one of those people. It was a little weird that Seiho had just approached Laki right out of nowhere, but it seemd to follow his modus operandi–Seiho likely already had any information he could get from people he knew. Of course he'd have to pester those he didn't. He was just chasing the unknown.

Unless, of course, he was lying about asking people all morning and had only approached Laki [i]specifically[/i] because he knew something about Laki's situation.

[color=#9CB795][i]No, no, that line of thinking won't get me anywhere.[/i][/color]

Laki had never heard anything about Seiho being anything less than a little bit annoying with his questions. He wouldn't lie like that to get information. Probably.

[color=#9CB795][i]I'm reading into it too much. Just gotta have faith in my classmates.[/i][/color]

Laki sighed and leaned back in his seat. It'd be best to just act normally for now. [color=#9CB795]"I hope you find something out soon. Seems like the whole town is looking for information at this point."[/color]
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[@Sarcelle Renard]