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[ Yeah...

Kido lets go of Terry's shoulders to crouch down in front of his cats. ]

...I've missed seeing you guys too.

[ Hi cats, she loves you ]

[ The cats mew over at Kido and Umi, the youngest kitten that has a knack for judging Kido, goes over to her and sits on her foot just because. Then she looks up to Kido and meows some more. The other kittens are not shy about their affections with Kido either, so they pretty much gather around her, rubbing her ankles and purring whenever she pets them. Ami, the mother cat looks fondly over everything, but stays by Terry's side, because she knows. She knows something is off with him.

Terry doesn't move away from his spot and stays where he is, unsure of what to do. Kido sounds happy, and he doesn't want to ruin that right now. Thankfully, Ami is here to help him think of something to do. She nuzzles Terry's leg and Terry bends over to pick her up in his arms. Thanks, kitty. ]

I brought them over so that you can at least pet them if you couldn't see... They really like you a lot.

[ Sitting on her foot is at least initiating contact, a far cry of how she usually has to silently trail after cats because they won't let her pet them. Being able to play with overly friendly cats like this... the dream. ]

You thought of things to that extent, huh? Thanks... I'm always glad to see them around.

[ She thought maybe because she fed them one time or another, but maybe they're getting used to her now and that's even better.

After getting some more pets in, Kido stands up again. ]

Why don't you take a seat on the bed or something? I'll be right back.

[ Gotta go back to the bathroom and tame this bedhead. ]

Ah, yeah. Sure.

[ After Kido goes to the bathroom, he uses pinpointing to locate the bed. Thankfully, his spatial intelligence doesn't absolutely suck like other... areas of his intelligence, so he makes it to the bed without trouble and sits on the edge of it. He keeps petting Ami in his arms while the four kittens follow Kido to the bathroom, meowing after her all the meanwhile. What a cute train of kitties.

He has hopes though, since Kido's condition was temporary. Maybe his will be too. But the thing is, he has never heard of a contagious blind disease and he hadn't done anything in particular yesterday that resulted in a head injury.

Hm. ]

[ High blood pressure can cause blindness and it's a wonder that half the game hasn't gone blind with how much screaming goes on.

Kido lets the cats into the bathroom and then shuts the door behind her, coming out after a few minutes to pull her two jackets on, hoodie up so there was little point in brushing her hair to begin with. ]

I'll go talk to the doctors and can probably leave today. Are you busy the rest of the day?

Oh, um... no. I'm free today. Did you want to go somewhere?

[ He feels like he can hear better now that he can't see. They do say robbing one of the senses heightens the other ones that are still active, and. Hm. Feels weird, man. Also, he doesn't want to stay in the hospital again... ]

Yeah. Well, not that I had anything particular in mind... But you've been here with me a lot, so I want to make up for that.

[ Is there anywhere fun to go in a rural little town like Hirajiro? She'll have to think on it. I hope Kido spends the entire thread never realizing that Terry is blind though. ]

[ We shall see... 8) ]

You don't need to make up for it or anything. I wanted to be with you, so that's more than enough for me.

[ He's just petting Ami in order to distract himself from how dark it is. ]

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It must've been boring though, just sitting around talking or listening to music and not really doing much else besides that.

[ Terry doesn't strike her as the sort of person who's good at sitting around quietly doing nothing for long stretches of time, so while it was nice having his company, it was also with those sorts of guilty thoughts weighing at the back of her mind. ]

What do you think about walking to the shrine? I haven't been there for a while, and I should probably give my thanks.

[ And it's on higher ground, so it'll probably look nice up there, like what Terry was saying about sunsets on skyscrapers or something. ]

It's never a boring moment with you, Kido.

[ But going to the shrine sounds fun, even if he can't see. ]

But I'll gladly go with you to the shrine. I haven't been there in a while either. I wonder if anything has changed.

Yeah... Mondo was taking care of it when I first met him, but it's also been a long time since then. I bet the water basin's all dried out by now...

[ Few memories of this place are as vivid as Rei sticking her hand in the water and sticking mold in her mouth, so maybe it's a good thing if all the water has dried up in the heat and the mold is dead. ]

Anyways, I'll meet you down at the entrance, alright?

Yeah, I'll meet you there.

[ Terry gets up and lets Ami down so that she can call her children back. The kittens scamper to Ami's side and they follow Terry out the room. There's no spring in his step like usual when he's happy, but rather his steps seem a little slower than usual. He manages to get out of the room without bumping into anything though. Ami nuzzles his ankle, depending on which direction he needs to go, so it's kinda like having a blind guide as a cat.

Then he'll stand outside at the entrance, waiting for Kido and playing with the cats in the meantime. He usually doesn't give them this much attention, but he really needs a distraction. ]

[ Weird... He's probably pretty tired, Kido thinks to herself as she watches Terry go before heading to the nurse's station. Even if there's nothing to do but sit around in a hospital, there's a real difference between sleep and rest; Kido's been doing a lot of sleeping since there's little else she can do, but being in a hospital puts her on edge enough that she can't quite be comfortable unless she has music blaring in her ears or somebody there to talk to. Must be how Terry felt, asking her to stay the night before.

It's a while before she's out, making sure the doctors are aware and that she has all her things together before stepping outside again, squinting and tugging the hood down past her eyes the moment she steps outside. She hasn't seen the sun in days, and she'd forgotten how harsh the light can be. ]

Terrence. Hey.

[ When he hears her voice, he stands up straight again, smiling like he always does. ]

Hey, Kido. Ready to go?

[ He smiles in her direction, doing that whole closed eyes smile again so that Kido can't tell which direction that he's actually looking at. ]

[ That's fair; the sun's really bright even if the weather's cooled down significantly since the weeks before, so Kido doesn't think anything of it as she shoves her hands into her pockets and keeps her eyes down on the ground to make sure she's not stepping on any of the cats' tails or anything. ]

Yep, I'm ready. Are they okay coming with us?

The cats? They always somehow come back to me even when we get separated, so it's really up to them whether they want to follow or not. We'll see when we start walking.

[ He's been pinpointing directions to the shrine and hopes for the best that he won't run into anyone. ]

[ She looks a bit doubtful, but decides to put that behind her, seeing as the mother cat was likely a street cat to begin with, and the kittens have probably gotten used to running around outside the days when Terry's sleeping in a park somewhere. ]

Alright, then. Let's head out. The quickest way to the shrine is where that fire was a while ago, right? It'll be good to clear that path out, if others haven't already done so.

[ Fallen branches everywhere, ganba Terry ]

[ Terry does some quick pinpionting while seemingly looking down at the cats and... that's way too many branches to memorize, but he decides that he'll just kick them out of the way when the time comes for it. ]

Yeah, sure. Though it's been a while... I think they must have cleaned some of it out at least.

[ Hopefully that's the case, Kido thinks to herself as she walks- a quicker pace than usual, enjoying actually being able to see where she's going and not having to worry about stepping off a curb or running into a lightpost every other step. The town is nice since the roads are paved and everything, but it'll be dirt and rock once they hit the forest and if they are any signs of bears, she is going to force them to take a detour. No shrine visit is worth being mauled by a bear. ]

Oh, that reminds me. I was talking to Hayato about the forest a while ago, and he says that he's not allowed to play in the forest, and neither is anybody else in his class. I guess forest fires aren't uncommon, especially during the dry season in the summer, and when there's thunderstorms. So if there's anybody left in the castle, we're going to have to kick them out for their sake.

You can't really tell them to go live at the inn though...

[ Terry hears Kido's footsteps getting further since her pace is a little quicker than usual and tries to keep up. The cats follow him too. nya nya where is blind person going nya. ]

It's summertime. They can sleep in tents.

[ Kido really is here to support the tent industry. ]

[ For some reason, he doubts that they'll even have money for a tent, since they were living in a castle in the first place. ]

The castle was looking pretty good when I saw it last though. It looked like a legitimate castle.

[ Umi, the youngest kitten trots to follow Kido's pace because this is more fun than Terry's pace. She'll even circle around Kido once and keep following her instead. ]

[ Maybe they can build one out of leaves and sticks, I don't know, people live in the wilderness all the time but not out in the open where they can get eaten by bears. ]

That's impossible. There's no way that—

[ She stops before she accidentally runs the kitten over, because circling around people is dangerous when they're walking, kitty, please.

Will Umi let Kido pick her up...? ]

[ He hears Kido's steps come to a halt, so he stops too. He wants to know why she did, but then he hears a soft meow coming from her direction.

... Maybe she's being enamored by a cat.

But yes, once Kido stops walking, Umi will paw at Kido's shoe and if Kido makes a move to pick her up, she'll let her. ]

... It's true though.

[ She is absolutely enamored by the cat, and spends some time petting Umi before picking her up.

Ugh, cute... She almost loses track of the conversation, petting the cat. ]

Like it was swept clean or something? Or did somebody make an effort to fix the stairs? Maybe we can properly look around this time.

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