>>24779836Midoro continues admiring himself by posing in various outrageous positions and boasting of his accomplishments in third-person, and while he does that, you fish out your milk carton trump cards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q02RUvi1Z4Q"Saaaaay.." you begin very casually. "While we're on the subject of finding things, maybe you can be of some help to me.. See, can you be honest with me for a minute and tell me if you've seen a... oh, I dunno... anyone romping around that looks like /this/?"
The little hedgehog stops posing as the cartons are shoved into his face, mugshots on all four. "Huh? Tell you if I've seen...—who?!" he blinks twice and studies at each image. "Hrmmmm.... The awe-inspiring Midoro-sama usually doesn't partake in search parties, but he supposes that he does *owe* you for saving him from that pit. Let's see here..."
"Nope. No robots."
"Haven't seen any little girls."
"The only scientist in our town isn't human!"
The teeny adventurer surveys but ultimately dismisses three of the four cartons. When he gets to your waifu's, however, there's a sudden pause. He backtracks, focusing on her profile, and therein develops a spark, a very subtle gleam in his eye. It does not go unnoticed by you.
"Huh...?" Midoro squints, a paw rubbing his chin. He leans in and studies it closer. Whatever resemblance he's seeing is too uncanny to put into words. ".... No way. Nope. Nuh-uh."
Sadly, the resemblance is just that—uncanny and nothing further. A coincidence.
"The great explorer Midoro-sama hasn't seen any of these people! And take it from him, he's an EXPLORER! He's all about finding people! Oh well. Guess you're plum out of luck!"
And as much as you want to believe him, something about his attitude just now still makes you wonder.
