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[hr][right][color=gray]So we’re nixing the dates now? We’re nixing the dates? That’s what we’re doing? 
No more dates. Why the fuck is there [i]weather?[/i] Do we need weather?[/color][/right][hr]Kanna listened dead-eyed while Shoichi went about his usual song and dance. [i]‘You’re going too far,’[/i] [i]‘you’re harassing people.’[/i] Considering what she’d seen happen to Sakaguchi’s face, it didn’t seem to her like harassment was a particularly critical concern for the parties involved.

She sat down on the other side of his computer desk, peering at him over the monitor. 

[color=92278f]“[i]‘Obsession,’[/i] [i]‘punishment,’[/i] [i]blah, blah, blah.[/i] Guys, c’mon, you’re coming at this all wrong, you’re thinking like readers. This isn’t about [i]Totsuka,[/i] it’s, like…”[/color] she snapped her fingers, eyes rolling. [color=92278f]“Like we’re a [i]pond,[/i] right?  Lil’ tiny pond, y’know, fish and all that. Well when something gets thrown in, it’s all nice and good to look at the pretty ripples, but if you don’t actually follow it down, get a lil’ wet, you’ll never know what it [i]is[/i]. Could be a big, dumb rock with a hick accent and anger management problems, or it [i]could[/i] be a shiny coin. With a hick accent and anger management—never mind, you get what I mean. Maybe. Don’t worry, I’ve got a feeling in my guts. That’s worth something, right?”[/color]

She craned her head over, scanning the tame articles Shiochi was dutifully editing. Good guy, hard-working, and so was Umeko. But where was the [i]spark?[/i]

[color=92278f]“Don’t you want a little excitement? A little fun? C’mon guys, be ambitious!”[/color]