Fate's Hand
Philia: *sigh*
Euden: I hope Philia is okay. She seems down.
Ranzal: Yeah. I'm worried about her, too. She's like that all the time lately.
Euden: I can't remember a day she's been normal ever since that fiend caught us off guard in the forest and we had to split up.
Euden: I wonder what the cause is, though? I've tried asking her, but she won't tell me.
Ranzal: Eh, folks can be sensitive sometimes. All we can do is try and cheer her up.
Euden: I thought the same, which is why we're here in the first place. I mean, she said she wanted to come here, but...
Euden: Well, it doesn't seem to be having much of an effect. What should we do?
Euden: Say, Philia? Is there anywhere in particular that you want to...
Euden: Huh? Where'd she go?
Ranzal: She's gone?! But she was just here!
Euden: We need to find her... Philia! Where are you, Philia?!
Philia: (I thought I was going to see my prince, but it turned out to be someone else...)
Philia: (But if we're really soul mates, how could something like that happen?)
Philia: Maybe the threads of fate holding us together aren't as strong as I thought?
Philia: ...Oh no! I didn't mean to say that out loud.
Philia: If my prince hears me saying something like that, he... Huh?
Philia: Huh?! Where am I?! Where's my prince...and the others?!
Philia: I wasn't paying attention when I was walking, so I don't even know where I am.
Philia: But if I go and try to find him and end up finding someone else again instead...
Philia: Well, I'll just have to make him find ME!
Philia: I'll attach my handkerchief to an arrow, then fire it up into the sky! ...Ha!
Philia: I wonder if he'll notice it?
Philia: ...No! I'm SURE he'll notice! Fate wants us to be together, after all.
Philia: I believe in you, my prince...
Philia: It's been so long. When is he going to come for me?
Philia: It couldn't be that...that fate doesn't...
Philia: Oh! M-my prince?!
Frivolous-Looking Man: You lost, li'l lady?
Philia: It's not him. Oh, I should have known. This is just the WORST.
Frivolous-Looking Man: Hey, c'mon now! I ain't so bad.
Frivolous-Looking Man: Yer alone, right? Want me to give ya a tour of the town?
Philia: No, I do NOT! ...Save me, my prince!
???: Philia!
Euden: Thank goodness I found you! We were all really worried when you vanished!
Frivolous-Looking Man: Well, this was a big waste'a time. See ya.
Philia: My prince! You really came for me!
Philia: We really are bound together by fate! Otherwise, you wouldn't have noticed my arrow like you did!
Euden: That arrow was pretty clever.
Euden: Though I only saw it for a moment, and I couldn't be confident it was yours.
Philia: Then why did you follow it?
Euden: As long as there was even the slightest chance it would lead me to you, that was good enough.
Philia: Even the slightest chance...?
Philia: ...Of course! Hee hee. Of course. What have I been getting so worked up for all this time?
Philia: Even if fate isn't as absolute as I thought, that's no reason to give up!
Euden: Um, I'm not sure what you're talking about, but does this mean you're feeling better?
Euden: Then like I was asking earlier, is there anywhere in this town you want to look a—
Philia: Wedding halls!
Euden: That was...a very fast answer.
Philia: Of course! And look, even if—and this is a BIG if—fate really isn't absolute...
Philia: It just means I have to try that much harder to pull us closer together!
Philia: Oh! Maybe we should skip looking at halls and just do the ceremony today!
Euden: I... No... What?
Philia: Oh, is today no good? Then when are you free? Tomorrow? The weekend?
Euden: Uh... Umm... Actually, I just remembered I have something to do! Bye!
Philia: Waaaait! Come back, my darling prince! Come baaaack!
Philia: There's no point in trying to run away! Fate will just keep pulling us together!
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