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Aha, 'Jason month?' ✩

[ Hagire claps his hands. Somehow, he sounds excited about the prospect. ]

What should I expect? Will someone lose a limb? I always did wonder, where did he earn his medical degree? The last time I saw love like that... well... an egg hatched.

In another world, he could have replaced the brat and his pet surgeon. ✩

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Some can be quite fun. So much love... ✩

Shiro finds them fun too!

[ Oh, Woodpecker, if only you were here to hear this... ]

I'll play them with you as much as you want, Shiro. It's the least I can do out of love. ✩

...

Love?

Toto does...

[Shiro is not sure if she got that right, nor how to take it if she did get it right.]

[ It's Hagire, but... yes. He just doesn't understand what love actually means. And then there's the fact that he's more specifically in love with her Wretched Egg personality. ]

I'm taking care of you, aren't I, Shiro?

Hmm. Toto does!

Shiro is not alone anymore here. [And she sounds so genuinely happy about that.]

[ Oh, Shiro, you made this one too easy. He claps his hands. ]

That's right. And I'll make sure you're never alone again. I haven't run away yet, have I? ✩

[She does, doesn't she?]

No! And Toto always shares his snacks with Shiro!

They should have more sweets next month. Aha, sorry, I've been looking, but all I can find is nutrition bars. ✩

[ Yep. But, he did promise Wretched Egg he'd take care of her, and he is. Just not... entirely out of the kindness of his heart, because there's not a whole lot of that, there. ]

They're not very good, but they keep Shiro's stomach full.

[As long as the illusion is good enough for Shiro to believe she really has a friend, Wretched Egg won't be too picky and won't come after Toto.]

[ Well, it's not like he isn't fond of Shiro. She's just not the side of her he's in love with. It's just that his reasons are a bit more selfish than Shiro likely thinks. ]

Maybe I'll eat them with you. They'll taste better that way. ✩

[ A line he picked up from her. ]

They will, right? Snacks always taste better when shared with a friend.

[Toto understands so well... No wonder Shiro considers him as such a good friend.]

You said that before. You were right. ✩

In the Tower some people seem to get that, back in Deadman Wonderland they never did... [Even Ganta seemed to have forgotten about it.]

Shiro like it better here.

There's more love, here. The games are better, and you're more free here than you ever were in Deadman Wonderland. There's nothing I can find to complain about. ✩

[ More free in more ways than one. ]

Only... Ganta is not here.

No, he's not. So I'll take care of you instead.

Ganta has never taken care of Shiro. He was too weak. Shiro did.

But I'm not Ganta. We take care of each other, don't we? ✩

[If the expression "she's wearing her heart on her sleeve for all to see" was ever written for someone, it was for Shiro right then.] Yes. Shiro will not let Toto down.