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[Tips his hat to her after a long pause of thought.]

A pleasure to meet you, Michi. Tyki Mikk.

It's very nice to meet you as well, um... Mikk-san?

Your little band wouldn't include an older sister, would it?

No. ... To my knowledge, I'm an only child. ... I'm sorry.

No need to apologize. I've only known one other to use such formalities.

... Is my style of speaking truly that strange, Mikk-san?

A bit. Hardly anyone calls me by my last name. And only one man ever puts anything after in. Though his ending is more playful than polite.

A-Ah, I'm sorry... It is another habit of mine, but if you would prefer, I could attempt to stop.

You can call me whatever you like. I'm much more inclined to ask you to drop the apologizing. There is no need for it.

Ah, I'm so --

[Fuck]

... Ahaha. ... Um, regardless, have you seen a woman that resembles me, in this place...? Um, for you to ask if I have an older sister.

[Taking a more critical look.]

Yes, actually. Two in fact. Though one is a fox, so unless you have a tail you are hiding, you are more like the other.

... Two --

Um, I apologize, but that's impossible, Mikk-san. I'm a human.

Then my guess was correct.

... Your guess...? Um, if you don't mind my asking, what was it?

That you weren't part fox.

-- Ah, there was a young girl that I met when I arrived, um... Ran-san, who appeared to be some sort of kitsune? Oh, and Kaori-sama as well...

[wait]

... Kaori-sama does resemble me, that's certainly true. But, um... I don't believe that she and I are related.

Yes, she does look like you, but the world she describes is quite different.

But you met her. What did you think of her?

Mm...

Kaori-sama is rather strange, um... if her insistence on my using that honorific is indicative of her personality, I suppose. She seems to be slightly immature, but, um... despite that, I don't doubt that she's far more powerful than me.

I feel that crossing her would be unwise.

She is a powerful spirit or claims to be. I'd say your assessment is quite fair.

Ah, let me guess. That means lord or lady of high social status, right?

Yes, that's right. It does have more standard uses, but it is a word used to express great deference.

... I have no reason to feel deferential towards her, but, um... I've no reason to deny her request, either.

You do have quite the unique look on life.

Choosing to call her as she likes doesn't cause me any pain, and it seems to make her happy. ... The only reason I could possibly have for denying her would be that I simply didn't want to call her by that name. Um, such a reason is not invalid, of course, but...

You humor her. Does she realize this?

[Looks slightly surprised! He's not wrong and she basically said as much herself but people pointing out when she does stuff like that 8(]

Ah, um... I'm not certain. She may be aware, but I'm afraid that I couldn't say...

[He chuckles a little.]

I'm not accusing you, you know. Just the simple fact of the matter. And as you said, she is content with the situation so why bother changing it?