Carrot Pudding over Cosmic Order
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Story transcript
Kintsugi Tachibana: This corridor… it’s every day I’ve laughed since I became Etsudo’s little sister.
The Gardener: Seventy-three laughs, twenty-one tears, two skinned knees. Quantified.
Kintsugi Tachibana: You kept count? I didn’t give up anything—I learned how to feel without tallying.
The Gardener: Feelings clutter the garden. Order needs pruning.
Kintsugi Tachibana: Then you’ll hate what comes next.
Kintsugi Tachibana: I’m planting chaos—right here. A wild seed called friendship. Try fixing that.
The Gardener: It… blooms?
Kintsugi Tachibana: Yeah. And you can’t stab it with that fork.
The Gardener: I-I've never seen anything grow without permission...
Kintsugi Tachibana: That's because you never let anyone show you how.
Kintsugi Tachibana: Hey. Remember when I chose homework over cosmic power? I'm choosing this too.
The Gardener: Choosing... what? Disintegration?
Kintsugi Tachibana: Choosing to not fix you. Just... be with you while everything gets messy.
The Gardener: But mess is... wrong.
Kintsugi Tachibana: Etsudo says sometimes the best gardens have dandelions. They're just... stubborn flowers.
The Gardener: Your sister is an agent of chaos.
Kintsugi Tachibana: When we wake up, I'm sharing my carrot pudding with you. Even if you hate it.
The Gardener: I... don't eat.
Kintsugi Tachibana: Then I'll eat yours too. We'll figure it out.
The Gardener: The chaos... it didn't swallow me. It just... held my hand.
Kintsugi Tachibana: Told you... dandelions are stubborn...