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[It's been three weeks now. Three weeks since Mithos died. Yuan should know, he's the one who killed him. Now everything is quiet- too quiet. Revivals don't usually take this long, which means Mithos could very well be hiding out somewhere. Finally, he decides to put this to the test and makes an attempt to contact him.]

[Mithos]

I know you've returned. Have you finally learned your lesson about keeping a low profile, or is that too much to hope for?

[This was an absolute bluff. For all Yuan knows, the Malnosso have decided to keep Mithos for additional experimenting. Still, if that's so, then he won't even see this entry and no harm will be done.]

[Action]

[Shortly after this, from early in the afternoon on, Yuan can be found sitting on the roof of house #8. He'd been patrolling the village perimeter every so often for the past week, but today he'd rather stick close to home. The roof is a good place to keep an eye on his surroundings and it's relatively quiet.

After an hour or so, he lies back to stare up at the passing clouds. To think, Presea and Zelos were sent home recently, only to be replaced by Lloyd of all people. Luceti never ceases to catch Yuan off-guard, even after this many years.

Anyone is free to spot him and tell him to get down from the roof! Or join him up there. Whichever.]

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[It's a lovely day according to Grune, and so she's out for her usual wander, greeting friends wherever she may find them.

...Which, apparently, includes on top of roofs.]

Hello, Yuan!

[Oh, look who it is. It's been a while since Yuan last saw Grune around. The fairytale experiment, if he remembers correctly. The memory of her in Martel's clothes isn't exactly cheering him up.]

... Grune.

[Grune totally isn't noticing.]

It's such a nice day, isn't it?

[Nice day? It's typical November weather and it could start snowing again at any moment. Yuan would be surprised by that remark, but he knows Grune longer than today, so he just smiles.]

I'm beginning to think every day is a nice day, for you.

[She gives him a mildly surprised look.]

Oh, yes, of course. Don't you think the same?

[He shakes his head at that.]

If no single day were bad, how can you still think days are nice? It would all be the same. You need rotten days to make other days look better in comparison.

Oh, do you think so?

[This is a little beyond her, Yuan.]

[... She truly didn't understand that? It made perfect sense to him.]

Yes, I do. [He pauses for moment, trying to think of a different conversation topic. Hm... Grune enjoys gardening, doesn't she?]

Listen, can I ask a favor of you?

[Grune's response is completely without hesitation.] Oh, yes, of course. What is it?

[He moves over to the edge of the roof and hops down, landing nimbly on his feet before approaching Grune.]

Do you think you can fix up my garden? Plant a few flowers here and there? No one's truly looked after it since... [He closes his eyes for a moment, before correcting himself.] For quite a while now.

[To be precise, no one's looked after it since the last Martel who lived with him, and that one left August last year. Yuan tried keeping the grass short and removing some weeds here and there, but... He just doesn't have that special touch. The garden is mostly just dull grass, now.]

[Her face lights up. This is most definitely her kind of request.]

Oh, I'd love to help! What kind of flowers would you like me to plant?

[It isn't too late to plant a few bulbs for the spring--maybe he would like some of those.]

Nothing too big or colorful.

[He means it. If Grune plants sunflowers, he'll have no choice but to remove them. On the flipside, if she somehow manages to find Fandalia flowers, he may become just a tad emotional and attempt to care for them as long as possible.]

Do you have any favourite spring flowers?

[Also, you are getting some Harriet flowers in your garden whether you like it or not, Yuan, and if you rip them up, Legendia House will be coming over to collectively ~~try to~~ kick your ass.]

There isn't anything in particular.

[He won't mind the Harriet flowers. At least, not until they start sending glowing sparkles everywhere. Then he'll be too shocked to fully enjoy them.]

All right. I'll get your garden ready and plant some nice bulbs so that in the spring, it will look beautiful for you.

[She also has night-blooming selenias and some Heaven's Mirror flowers on loan from Frederic. Yuan's garden could become a regular light show if he's not careful.]

... Thank you.

[He doesn't want it to look beautiful for himself, but... He does appreciate the gesture.]

You're welcome! I'm glad I can help.

Hm... Have you been well, Grune?

Oh, yes. It's been very nice to see the snow. I like this time of year.

[Grune, you like all the times of the year.]

There should be plenty more snow these upcoming months, I'm sure.

I hope so. It's a lot of fun to go for walks and play games in the snow. Do you have any favourite things to do?

[What sort of question is that? Favourite things to do? In the snow? Yuan only associates snow with cold and shoveling paths.]

... Nothing comes to mind.

[Grune finds that hard to believe.]

What about building a snowman? Or going skating?

I don't skate.

[Never tried it, and he doesn't see himself breaking that tradition, either.]

You don't? Why not?

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