[In the Medical Wing]

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[Mikan's been a good patient since her return. Of course, 'good', in this case, meant very quiet. Someone's obviously quite bothered by what happened and what she saw, and doesn't really know how to react yet]

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[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. My name's Gohan. I wanted to see how you were doing.

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Mikan...

[Oh, he probably knows that. She's smiling awkwardly]

I'm... I'm okay...

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

...That's good. I'm sorry it took us that long to find you.

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It's not your fault...

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

I know, but still...I know what it's like to be taken away from the people you know and tossed out into the wild.

[nullnotdull.livejournal.com]

Y-you do?

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. It was the first part of my martial arts training. I had to live in the wild on my own for a while. I got used to it, but at first I was really helpless.

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I've never been alone like that... Other than when I went to find Hotaru-chan...

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

It wasn't my first time in the wild, but it was my first time in a place like that. I used to explore the woods around our house, but my dad would always go in and find me before I went too far.

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The only woods I've been in are the ones at school, but Hotaru and Prez were with me.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Were they big?

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[shakes head]

Hotaru and Prez are both in my class.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Huh -- oh! No, I meant the woods.

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Oh...

Umm... They're pretty big. I've never seen bigger, but it's only a small part of the school grounds.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Really? How big are the grounds?

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REALLY big.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Do you go to a boarding school or something?

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Kinda... I can't go home until I graduate, though.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Huh? Really? Not even during the summer or for holidays?

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[shakes head]

Only if you get the top student award.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

...Wow, that's really strict.

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[nods]

Naru-sensei says Alices can be in danger from normal people who want to ex-- exp-- umm... use our Alices for bad things.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

Alices?

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Our powers.

[return-my-rice.livejournal.com]

What kind of powers?