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February 2003In a certain place

Hey.

You people look like you’re enjoying yourselves.

Even if Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, those are some pretty weird duds. Wearing bells all over… You’ll drive yourselves nuts.

Huh. So that’s why you’re dressed like that. That’s pretty optimistic.

Y’know, you remind me of that guy.

Happy Ending. That was his nickname. You could stick a Mr. in front of that, or maybe make it The Happy Ending. Just trick it out somehow so that it sounds cool. As long as you’ve got Happy Ending in there, he’ll probably be satisfied.

Yeah, he’s a weird one. The only thing on his radar is other people’s happiness… And he doesn’t care whether the person seeking happiness is a good guy or a bad one.

What about him? If you’re asking whether he’s happy or not… I bet even he doesn’t know. If we’re dividing people into good guys and bad ones, though, he’s definitely bad. No doubt about it.

That’s a contradiction? No it isn’t, not at all. It’s not as if people who wish for happiness are always good guys.

…You want to hear more? More of this drifter’s idle talk?

Ha-ha. Say, thanks.

Let’s see. I’ve got some time before my friends get back, so I guess I could talk until then.

It was… Yeah, it was about three hundred years ago now, on a certain ship…