>>19504653>>19504772A joyous smile spreads over Carmody's face when she enters the ice cream parlor and sees Paule there.
>"PAULE!"Carmody sees Paule from across the room. Due to a trick of the light, or another ice cream parlor patron standing in the way, she fails to notice the 5'9" black-clad shadow looming next to her. She is instead focused completely on Paule, smiling widely, and feels her heart lift. Has it really somehow been since some time in November? She has missed her. For everything else that was lost when she left the Dojo, she had worried that this friendship was lost too.
>"OhmyGOD it is SOOOOO good to see you! You gotta tell me all about Japan! And CONGRATS on your big TV win against Beav..... oh. OH."Carmody was rushing forward to give Paule a hug when she notices Kanako Leichenburg there. She stops in her tracks and looks at her, stricken.
>"Ummm..... hiii, Kanako? I'm, uhh, glad to see you're up and around. Are you..... feeling better?"Carmody's eyes drift from Kanako to Paule uncertainly. She's sure her presence is just going to upset Kanako again. This is not good. Is this just the most unfortunate of coincidences?
Surely not.
