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insoo stifles a laugh under the heel of his palm, eyes crinkling into crescents upon hearing kitâsvaliant attempt to prove his competence. âi would never,â he insists, the teasing lilt of his voice already giving way to obvious contradiction. âi was justââ he drops his eyes down to kitâs flashlight, then exhales a small breath of astonishment. â.. is everything you have.. themed?â taking a curious step to the right, he surveys kit from a new angle, before taking another step, and then anotherâ eventually circling kitâs entire body in mild disbelief. â.. i just didnât know hello kitty had friends,â he concludes finally, voice quiet and tinged with a little.. awe? âitâsâ .. youâreââ he flounders. ââ âs cute. is what iâm trying to say.â
turning to face the dirt path once more, he makes a small gesture as if to prompt them both to continue forward. âyou should tell me about them,â he says, after a beat. âher.. friends, i mean. like, umââ he catches one of kitâs keychains between his fingersâ a happy-looking frog, with a v-shaped mouth. ââ him. i like him. whatâs his deal? what makes âim tick?â
kit decides, for the betterment of the luscious, evergreen night, he wonât dissect insooâs... compliment as patronizing. and because, the truth is very much obvious. does a man with sanrio keyrings swinging from his knapsack strike someone else as a... lumberjack, outdoors-kind-of expert? no, not at all. âyeah, all sanrio. hello kitty & friends, i think thatâs what theyâre called?â his saving grace is his bad memory; if kit actually knew the copyrighted name, will he manage to save face? though, nothing wrong with hello kitty, sheâs an icon. but insoo makes a valid point. âthey make me cute. without them, iâd be that wanderer in the forest people stray away from.â
he leads the way down the path least taken, shining his flashlight at the nooks and crannies, ample of shadows, avoiding anything insoo can trip over. the ground is much too uneven for his liking. âhm?â kit tosses his back, hearing the innocent inquiries above the snaps of twigs and the wind zipping through branches. âthatâs keroppi! one of my favorites,â he brightens, enthused the green frog caught insooâs eye; he has good eyes. âi donât know what makes him tick. sadly. but heâs an adventurer and his best friend is a snail named din din! he also lives on donut pond.â his eyes are sparkling, cheery.












