IF YOU MUST BLINK!

             LUNAR CIRCLE.

             OPERATION: BLOOD MOON. Archived within recent files, a folder he’d access frequently ever since that incident, he recalled it perfectly, he had recorded it perfectly, all on tape, both audio and visual. 

               [ LUNAR CIRCLE = This unit recognizes and finds contrast within said name in a report previously filed. INQUIRY: Are you HIGH VALUE TARGET DESIGNATION: BLIND_EYE SLASH OTSUKI_KUBO ? ]

     THE BUILDING GUFFAW that eventually comes boasting out from her mouth in peals doesn’t leave a good first impression on him. To him, it spoke aloud some sort of arrogance and pride. Perhaps she had taken so much pride in her craft that she had become quite snobbish about it? Kubo didn’t like snobs. They were too eloquent. Too demeaning.

        [ STATIC - NOUN

                     stat·ic | \ˈsta-tik  \

        Definition of static ( ENTRY 1 OF 3 - MOST RELEVANT …)                   : noise produced in a radio or television receiver by atmospheric or various natural or man-made electrical disturbances. ]

            Their voice is grim, full of constant static in its electronic background - something to do with their voice box, perhaps - needless to say, their eyes are fixated upon the boy, red pupils dense with distrust.

          [ Within several established scenarios, this unit could consider itself insulted or denigrated. ]

                    BEEP BEEP!

                              INITIATING RECORDING FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR, OCTOBER COMMA TEN COMMA TWENTY EIGHTEEN.

                     [ identify yourself … ]

    “ AH -- ” Oh, he might have crossed a line. Perhaps he has gotten a little too comfortable with the pack ... that being said, this served as small reminder not to allow himself to grow complacent. The boy had already done a decent job trying to respect the others’ boundaries while simultaneously interacting with them, but he supposed he could do better.

    “ 申し -- I’m sorry, that was very rude of me ... ” Kubo grits his teeth and dips his head in apology. “ My name is KUBO ... KUBO OTSUKI? Do you recognize me, a little? ”