...And anyway, what does Mitakihara being a big city have to do with anything, anyway? It's not like we're the only morgue around, after all - And we weren't even particualarly busy when our people started to drop like flies!
[The younger man stared at him, then.]
...Wait. You mean - You were talking about the people who worked here!?
[The older man groaned.]
- And their families and friends, yeah.
[And then, he wiped his neck again, and wrapped the towel around his neck.]
...I'm not even sure it was just two suicides and 4 mental breakdowns, now that I think about it - Our turnover rate went up the roof that year, you see...
[And in the hospital...]
[Nagisa fidgeted in the new Magical Girl Costume Mami had made her. Where could her mother be?]
[And then, she heard her mother's voice.]
...Nagisa-chan? I'm sorry I'm late -
- Mama!
[Nagisa cried out, and started to run toward her mother - And then, her face froze.]
[Her mother was in a wheelchair, her hands twitching on her lap. Nagisa stared for a moment at the nurse pushing her wheelchair, and then bit the inside of her cheeck and took a deep breath - She couldn't let her Mama see how upset she was, after all.]
[It wasn't like her Mama wanted to be stuck in that wheelchair again, right? Right.]
[And so, Nagisa pasted a wide smile on her face, and ran over to her mother.]
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[The older man sighed, and wiped his neck again.]
...And anyway, what does Mitakihara being a big city have to do with anything, anyway? It's not like we're the only morgue around, after all - And we weren't even particualarly busy when our people started to drop like flies!
[The younger man stared at him, then.]
...Wait. You mean - You were talking about the people who worked here!?
[The older man groaned.]
- And their families and friends, yeah.
[And then, he wiped his neck again, and wrapped the towel around his neck.]
...I'm not even sure it was just two suicides and 4 mental breakdowns, now that I think about it - Our turnover rate went up the roof that year, you see...
[And in the hospital...]
[Nagisa fidgeted in the new Magical Girl Costume Mami had made her. Where could her mother be?]
[And then, she heard her mother's voice.]
...Nagisa-chan? I'm sorry I'm late -
- Mama!
[Nagisa cried out, and started to run toward her mother - And then, her face froze.]
[Her mother was in a wheelchair, her hands twitching on her lap. Nagisa stared for a moment at the nurse pushing her wheelchair, and then bit the inside of her cheeck and took a deep breath - She couldn't let her Mama see how upset she was, after all.]
[It wasn't like her Mama wanted to be stuck in that wheelchair again, right? Right.]
[And so, Nagisa pasted a wide smile on her face, and ran over to her mother.]
- Mama! You made it!