( video | un: duckling )

[danserai]

[ her feed turns on and there's ahiru, a girl, not a duck. ]

Uhm, so . . . I've been here for a year. Which is really long and I was just thinking that . . . it's been so nice. To be here. And to meet new people and try new things. Also make so many friends.

So, uhm, to celebrate . . . I'll give you a compliment! To celebrate everyone. And if I don't know you, uhmmm, I'll give you my best first impression!

[ she bows lightly. ]

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[opress]

I was told on multiple occasions. It's better when things are straight forward.

[danserai]

But how do you know they were telling the truth?

I mean, how does anyone know what you're born for?

[opress]

Words were followed with action.

Sometimes I think our mothers are the only ones that see our potential when we are born.

[danserai]

[ hmm. it doesn't sound quite right to her, but she doesn't know for sure. ]

Maybe? I don't remember mine. I don't have any family.

[opress]

You weren't born then?

[danserai]

I mean, ducks hatch from eggs . . .

[opress]

Oh, you hatched. Many species hatch, but they are usually tended by their parents for a time, aren't they?

[danserai]

Yeah, but I was really young then. So I don't remember a lot.

[opress]

Perhaps your duck mother saw your potential, but you don't remember.

[danserai]

Maybe. It's possible.

I try to do my best about thinking of my own potential. So I can decide my own story.

[opress]

And are you happy with the potential you've discovered?

[danserai]

Mm. I think . . . I'm getting there.

[opress]

You are small and weak looking. You have time to develop into a strong adult, so your potential grows.

[danserai]

Uhm . . . Thank you?

[opress]

Yes, you're welcome. Even if you don't grow, some species won't judge you for it.

[danserai]

Is that what happened to you?

[opress]

Witch magic changed me to be more useful.

[danserai]

Oh . . .

I can understand that. I wasn't very useful as a duck.

[opress]

What was your purpose that required you to be more than a duck?

[danserai]

There was someone who needed help. His heart had to be repaired.

[opress]

A witch turned you to a person so you could be a heart surgeon? I suppose those tiny little hands will get into all those spaces.

[danserai]

O-Oh, it's not like a real heart. It's more like a magical heart.

[opress]

You're a magical duck to heal a magical heart.

[He sounded very dubious about this explanation.]

Why didn't magic just heal the heart?

[danserai]

It's more like the pieces were lost. And I had to find them to return his feelings to him.

[opress]

How does one lose pieces of their heart?