...Thanks, Zenji-Jiichan! I'll borrow Checkers for...Hmm, let's say an hour and a half. OK?
- He should be able to handle that much, yeah.
[The old man said, grinning. Kyoko smiled, and got up on the horse, patting it's nose.]
...Okay, then - Here we go!
[And then, the horse started to cantor toward the village while Kyoko grinned again. She still could remember how to ride a horse properly, it seemed - Fancy that!]
[On the other path]
[Hitomi sat down by the roadside, and wiped her brow. She really didn't feel good, all of a sudden...]
(Why'd you have to go tell that girl what you were gonna do, anyway? Such an idiot - You could have gotten that boy, if you hadn't been that stupid!)
...Oh, be quiet, you - you rude person.
[Hitomi said, and then closed her eyes, just a little.]
- It's none of your business, and - and that wasn't the point, anyway. Sayaka-san always was the closest person to him, up to now. I had to...I had to make sure...
(...But didn't you say you were her friend?)
[The voice said, sounding geninuely puzzled for a change. Hitomi almost sneered at that, though her eyes were still closed.]
- Of course she is. And that is why I have to do this - this.. contest properly, don't you see?
Re: The continuation of Path 1
...Thanks, Zenji-Jiichan! I'll borrow Checkers for...Hmm, let's say an hour and a half. OK?
- He should be able to handle that much, yeah.
[The old man said, grinning. Kyoko smiled, and got up on the horse, patting it's nose.]
...Okay, then - Here we go!
[And then, the horse started to cantor toward the village while Kyoko grinned again. She still could remember how to ride a horse properly, it seemed - Fancy that!]
[On the other path]
[Hitomi sat down by the roadside, and wiped her brow. She really didn't feel good, all of a sudden...]
(Why'd you have to go tell that girl what you were gonna do, anyway? Such an idiot - You could have gotten that boy, if you hadn't been that stupid!)
...Oh, be quiet, you - you rude person.
[Hitomi said, and then closed her eyes, just a little.]
- It's none of your business, and - and that wasn't the point, anyway. Sayaka-san always was the closest person to him, up to now. I had to...I had to make sure...
(...But didn't you say you were her friend?)
[The voice said, sounding geninuely puzzled for a change. Hitomi almost sneered at that, though her eyes were still closed.]
- Of course she is. And that is why I have to do this - this.. contest properly, don't you see?