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[mightletyouknowme]

[Sena's been thinking a lot lately. With school and everything else she's been doing, it's been easy to keep her mind off things but it's been a little slower for her lately and the thoughts began to creep in.

And so, she's begun to think about the one thing she doesn't have here: her family. So, she opens her computer and decides to ask a few questions.

It starts with her sitting there, hand making idle circles on the desk, her eyes seeming to find the pattern fascinating.]

If we're all dead, I wonder if we can turn into ghosts. [It's a weird thought and she doesn't think so but she wants this bad enough to ask.] Ghost can go back and see people, right? It's not like they have to be the creepy ghosts from stories or anything.

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[makochansan]

[No, all ghosts are definitely creepy! But Makoto doesn't say that because he thinks he understand what Sena's getting at here.]

I'm not sure if I would want to be a ghost, but... It would be nice to see everyone again.

[mightletyouknowme]

We wouldn't be the creepy, ugly ghosts. Even if Papa didn't get to see me, I want to see him. [She doesn't even realize she's lying. Being able to see him without being acknowledged...that would hurt.]

[makochansan]

I don't think I'd want to be haunted by a cute ghost, either. [That could almost be considered teasing if he weren't completely serious!] But I wonder if it would really be okay that way.

[As much as he wanted to see everyone, he wasn't sure how he'd be able to deal with it, either. Saying it would be hard would be an understatement.]

[mightletyouknowme]

It's not like there's been a lot of cute ghosts.

Anyway, if you knew you were being haunted, it means they could see you. Papa wouldn't be afraid, not of me.

[makochansan]

That's a good thing. I'm not sure it would be worth seeing them if you just ended up scaring them.

[Unless that's... what someone wanted to do, but that's just mean! Of course, Makoto himself would probably be terrified no matter what the ghost's intentions were.]

[mightletyouknowme]

That's not a good thing!

[She's not going to budge on this.] Even if I didn't have friends, I've never been away from Papa for so long.

[makochansan]

Well, even though we're stuck here, I'm sure it's possible to see him again someday. This place is pretty weird...

[Maybe it was a stretch, but it was still a possibility, right?]

[mightletyouknowme]

[She looks down.] Important people don't just wait. It's important that we look for a way.

[makochansan]

I wish we knew more about this place. [Makoto sighs to himself at that, but he continues, smiling a little bit. She had a point.] But you're right, we have to do something.

[And the fact that she was so determined... It made him feel more confident, like maybe it really was possible.]