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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Here ya go, one plain waffle! Thank you very much!
Shishishi… Everything’s sellin’ like hotcakes, huh, Cater-san?
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Cater
Cater
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Yeah, yeah!
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Let’s keep the pace up and keep sellin’!
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Cater
Cater
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But still… I didn’t think that those kids’ mother would show up to the lost children center at the same time as us.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Yeah, we were lucky. If we had to leave them there like that, we woulda had to deal with explaining where we picked them up, too…
Glad we were able to get the kiddos to their mom and get back to work as soon as we could.
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Cater
Cater
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Ahaha, yeah.
But man, Ruggie-kun, you were amazing~ You soothed those kids really easily.
It’s really not enough to just try to speak kindly to them, huh. Guess I learned something there.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Meh, I’m just used to dealing with kids.
Back home, there’s a ton of kids just runnin’ around; from those just learning to walk, to ones about my age.
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Cater
Cater
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Oh, really?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Most of ‘em don’t really have relatives, so… I took care of 'em and at the same time had 'em help me with my various jobs.
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Cater
Cater
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So, that’s why~ I was a little surprised at first when you didn’t coddle them just because they were kids.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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I mean, I don’t think your reaction was bad, or nothin’. If anythin’ I’m sure that’s how people would usually respond…
It just happened that this time, we called out to 'em, but y'can’t assume that there’ll always be people around to help.
In the end, if you’re in a bind, the only one you can count on is yourself. Y'gotta help them learn how to solve their own problems.
…Where I come from, a kid who’s just cryin’ and whinin’ won’t survive one bit!
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Cater
Cater
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Wow, okay. Looks like I got to see a bit of Ruggie-kun’s more caring side today~
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Shishishi… It’s not really anythin’ worth praising me for.
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Cater
Cater
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C'mon~ Don’t be so modest. …Oh, hey, wait, is that…?
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Children
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Hey, look, I found them――!
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Cater
Cater
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Ah! It’s the lost children and their mom!
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Mother
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Thank you so very much for earlier. I’ve brought you snacks as thanks, so please take them!
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Thanks a bunch! I’ll totally take these!
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Child A
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Mama―! I wanna eat one of their waffles!
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Mother
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Good idea, I think I want one as well. Can we have three waffles with the toppings you’d recommend?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Coming up! Then let me get you a plain one…
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Cater
Cater
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C'mon, no, we gotta make it look cute and poppin’ here! Leave it to Cay-kun ☆
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Child B
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Wow, it’s so colorful and cute!
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Child A
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It looks so good!
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Mother
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I am really thankful for everything. We’ll be on our way now.
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Okay! Those are fresh and hot, so be care when you eat them!
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Cater
Cater
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Thank you very much~!
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Cater
Cater
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…Huh.
Hey, now that I think about it, how did that mom know that we would be at this food stand?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Oh. Right before we left the kids with her earlier, I gave them one of the Group B flyers.
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Cater
Cater
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Eh~! I didn’t even notice!
Wait a moment, Ruggie-kun… Did you help those kids just to get a reward!!?
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Well, duh.
We sold some waffles, and got snacks out of it… It’s always good to help people, ain’t it? Shishishi!
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Cater
Cater
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So what you said earlier, that it’s “not really anything worth praising you for,” that really wasn’t you being modest, huh…
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Ruggie
Ruggie
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Alllright, we’re gonna keep on sellin’! Gotta take advantage of bein’ here for Port Fest, after all!!
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