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"Hahahaha, he must have tons of girlfriends, right? He's at that age, you know!"

Senku huffed, knowing exactly where Xeno was going with that question but deciding to make things more difficult for anyways.

“To pretend to be Gen’s friend.”

“And what did you do?”

“I started dating him,” Senku shrugged.

“Yes, /you/ started /dating/ him,” the man emphasized, making him roll his eyes.

“What’s the big deal? You said you wanted me to pretend to be his friend so he wouldn’t feel alone in his new school. What’s the difference with a boyfriend?”

“There’s a big difference! For one, you broke our deal.”

“But I—“

“And secondly, now I can no longer protect you.”

“Hah? Protect me from what?”

He would find out soon enough.

It's a tool.

I don't name my tools.

That's unprofessional and unnecessary.

...

Celestine.

Xeno named her. Years ago.

I don't know what his thought process was.

I didn't ask, of course.

I've learned that asking Xeno to explain himself is a full day commitment I'm not always prepared for.

...

I never changed it.

She's never missed, she's never jammed, and she's gotten me home every single time, so as far as I'm concerned Xeno can name it whatever he wants.

Don't tell him I said that.

We're done here.

I'm also not acknowledging the 84.7%, because whoever those 49 people are made a collective decision that I want no part of.

I smoke. That's it. That's the whole two hours.

There is nothing else happening.

Also, whoever made this poll knows exactly what they did, and I want them to think about that.

1. I AM A GOOD LITTLE LAB EXPERIMENT

2. MY SUFFERING IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD

3. THE SCIENTIST THAT EXPERIMENTS ON ME LOVES ME UNCONDITIONALLY

4. I LOVE GOING INTO THE TUBE/JAR/INSERT RELEVANT APPARATUS OF CONTAINMENT