PARABOLICAL GRAFFITI

Why does everyone keep calling me dude? What the hell is a dude?

I don't know how to talk to children. Ritsuka-san is easy, because he's my master, and with Yuiko-chan, you let her do most of the talking. But how do you tell a Sacrifice that isn't your master that he's a Sacrifice? And that it's very possible that he'll never find his Sentouki here?

'Eternal'. A little like 'Beloved'. Not as bleak as 'Loveless'. A Sacrifice without a Sentouki could theoretically take anyone's damage. Theoretically. I suppose it wouldn't do to allow anyone to test that theory.

If Ritsuka-san were here, he'd know what to say.

I really miss Biggs and Fixer. And Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen even when he's mad at me. Aunt Beru used to tell me stories sometimes, when I had trouble sleeping. Not that I need stories or anything, but I was just thinking about them. She said once that she used to want to make stories for kids, only you couldn't really when you worked a moisture farm. I felt kind of bad about that, because I think kids would've really liked them. I'll bet they're worried about me.

En't nothing to do around here. On the farm, I always had something to fix, and something to help Uncle Owen with. Around here, don't nothing break or never need to be done. I've even cleaned my room and taken apart the computer a couple of times.

Maybe I'll go see Mantis again. He was pretty neat, if a little weird.

He gave me nine pencils!