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[cupidsammo]

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[cupidsammo]

It's like—mmm... Have you ever fallen in love before?

[boxcar]

...

[ He just kind of eats a spoonful of soup, looking down... ]

[cupidsammo]

—O- oh. Too personal...?

[boxcar]

Um. It's just...

[ Nevermind. He decides against it. ]

No, no I haven't.

[cupidsammo]

No, I understand... Um, anyway—it probably wouldn't be the best news if I told you the reason you've never fallen in love is because a cupid never targeted you before, right? Without us, people can't experience love.

[boxcar]

[ He opens his mouth and then closes it. He looks... a way. ]

I'm not sure.

...

... Is a cupid ever just... wrong?

[cupidsammo]

[ yeah. ]

It's possible... But if a person is totally incompatible with someone else, our bullet wouldn't work.

[boxcar]

Mm.

[






]

Bullet?

[cupidsammo]

Oh.

Yeah.

But isn't it common knowledge that cupids shoot their targets?

[ she says, fully aware how this sounds ]

[boxcar]

I think it is usually bows and arrows?

[ CUPIDS HAVE INDUSTRIALISED? ]

[cupidsammo]

So the stories go... But those are considered pretty old fashioned these days.

[boxcar]

So it's just like armies moving on from arrows too.

[ Wow, the world is wild. ]

It sounds less violent. Better use.

[cupidsammo]

Archery sounds like it'd be rough to learn, too... Fortunately none of it is designed to hurt anyone!

[boxcar]

Well that's good.

[ It'd suck if love hurt, ey? He just picks at his soup some more. ]

I get it though I think. Why you have to stay hidden.

[cupidsammo]

Yeah... I don't think most would like knowing an outside force is responsible for their romantic feelings.

[boxcar]

...

[ Ah... ]

... But this may be only where you are from, right?

[cupidsammo]

Uh—

I... I don't know...

[boxcar]

A lot of things people have said to me doesn't make much sense to me.

I wouldn't blame cupids for my, uh... romantic... things.

[cupidsammo]

That's good, at least... I don't really understand this, er—I've heard some use "other worlds".

[boxcar]

That does seem to be the most popular way? I think it makes the most sense so far.

It's too complicated. All that matters is that we can communicate.

[cupidsammo]

It really is. I want to try to understand, but maybe we should focus on other things first.

[boxcar]

Yeah. Okay.

More soup? You can take the rest back with you.

[cupidsammo]

—Oh, are you sure? You're the one who did most of the work.

[boxcar]

Yes, I'm sure. Making food is easy enough.

And you did help.

[ Apparently he doesn't relate the feel of being too tired to make food. ]

[cupidsammo]

... Okay, thank you. I'm sure I'll get hungry again later.