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<span class="mu-i">“Why are her eyes like that?”</span>
卌 <span class="mu-s">A</span>: <span class="mu-i">Weird Eyes’s wish was to be perfect, which is a wish that can’t be granted. Like yours. Hardly anyone notices, but it’s not only her eyes that are ‘weird’, every bit of her is ‘weird’ in that way as well. I can’t explain it. I think it can’t be explained.</span>
卌 <span class="mu-s">Sunny</span>: <span class="mu-i">I fail to find an explanation myself.</span>
A seems to trail off, lost in thought, squinting at the floor.
卌 <span class="mu-s">A</span>: <span class="mu-i">You must have heard your mother or father say that ‘perfection is in the eye of the beholder’. What they meant by that is that everyone likes different things. With that wish, your friend tried to be liked by everyone at the same time, and the result was that she looks like how most think a ‘perfect woman’ would be.</span>
Helen bounces her finger over the same page. <span class="mu-i">“Why are her eyes like that?”</span>
卌 <span class="mu-s">A</span>: <span class="mu-i">It’s complicated, so the explanation is complicated too. Learn patience, it's the mother of all virtues. The working theory- what most of us currently believe, that is- is that most people have a similar view of how a perfect body would look like, but that nobody agrees on how the perfect eyes would look like. So her eyes are like that.</span>
<span class="mu-i">“Why does she have a nickname instead of a name?”</span>
卌 <span class="mu-s">A</span>: <span class="mu-i">Because she used to be brave. Too brave.</span>
Helen doesn't know what that means, but she's dizzy enough already. She should have just taken that egg pancake.
<span class="mu-i">“When can I go home?”</span>
卌 <span class="mu-s">A</span>: <span class="mu-i">If everything works out well, tomorrow. We have a plan. You’ll be seeing the old folks in no time, trust in this lady.</span>
She points at herself, smiling a bit. That ‘lady’ just turned half her face into a red balloon.
卌 <span class="mu-s">Sunny</span>: <span class="mu-i">And you may trust me too. This will be over before you notice. I'd take advantage of the situation and make a lot of friends.</span>
While that doesn't seem like bad advice, the wording makes Helen wonder if there might be a reason for her to not do the same. After all, she does loo strange.
