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Izumi: It’s actually pretty big in here!

Tsuzuru: Rather, I think it just feels spacious because there’s so few people here.

Itaru: I think we might be the only ones here, actually.

Chikage: I don’t have anything to do with that, by the way.

Izumi: We didn’t say anything!?

Tsuzuru: After all, fully booking a place is something only celebrities could do, right?

Sakuya: So many space related items are on display.

Chikage: It's more authentic than anything I've seen on the website.

Citron: This one here, it says its a "stone from the spoon"!

Masumi: "Stone from the Moon."

Chikage: This really did come from the moon, huh.

Tsuzuru: It's really impressive when you think about it.

Itaru: We're all here for role-building, but it seems like Senpai who invited us here is having the most fun.

Citron: He could've come here on his own, huh.

Tsuzuru: Ah––

Chikage-san, could you come here for a bit?

Chikage: ––

Tsuzuru: I think it's a corner for experiencing the moon. It's just a projection of images, but it's very well done, isn't it?

Chikage: ......

Tsuzuru: (Chikage-san?)

Chikage: I wonder if the view from the real moon looks like this too.

......Before, you asked me something, right Tsuzuru? You asked why I wanted to be an astronaut.

Do you still want to hear the answer to that question?

Tsuzuru: Would that be okay?

Chikage: ......Then, let me tell you a little bit about my past.

My home environment was a little complicated, and by the time I can remember, there was no place for me at home anymore.

That's why I would always leave my house and go to a place to look at the moon.

Eventually, I had the thought to go to that moon.

...I'm sure I just wished for a place to stay.

I thought that perhaps, on the moon that was always softly watching over me, there might've been a place for me; far away from that uncomfortable place.

Childish, isn't it?

Although I was always interested in space, that's the reason why I wanted to be an astronaut.

Tsuzuru: So that means...... that dream of yours has come true.

Citron: But he's not on the moon, and he's not an astronaut!

Sakuya: That's true!

Chikage: ?

Tsuzuru: The place that Chikage-san was wishing for, is it not here with us?

Chikage: ––I guess you're right.

Izumi: Also, your dream of going to the moon is going to come through on stage with our play.

Citron: Chikage has so many "Uni" in his grasp today!

Masumi: That must hurt.

Itaru: Right? [1]

Tsuzuru: (Looking for a place you can belong on the moon......)

––Ah, I got it.

Izumi: And with that, the script is finally complete!

Tsuzuru: Sorry to keep you guys waiting.

Citron: You kept us in suspense!

Itaru: But that last part made for a pretty good ending.

Sakuya: Gino and everyone get Roberto to stay with them and return to Earth together...... I think this direction is a lot more emotional.

Izumi: Roberto's character remains the same, but he has been fleshed out and given a lot more depth.

(Chikage's acting has improved a lot more too. He must have remembered a lot of things from his childhood.)

Masumi: But it's not just the ending that's changed, right?

Tsuzuru: Err...... I heard Chikage-san's story and ended up getting carried away with my writing......

Izumi: It must be a privilege to be the co-lead for this play while being the company's in house scriptwriter, huh.

Tsuzuru: Chikage-san may have said that it was just a fleeting dream when he was little, but......

For the role of Roberto in this script, I wanted to write it as a gift to both Chikage-san and the younger Chikage-san after all.

Because as far as we know, be it from then or now, Chikage-san is still Chikage-san.

Chikage: Thank you.

By the way Tsuzuru, is it really okay that the question I answered wasn’t exactly one you asked?

Tsuzuru: It’s alright, I know enough. Plus, any more and it’d be over my capacity. Everything else that I wrote was up to me.

Chikage: Yeah. I’m grateful for that too.

Tsuzuru: Ah, but there’s one more thing I wanted to ask you.

Chikage: ?

Tsuzuru: I know you said it’s alright but—— Do you still have any requests for the script?

Chikage: ……Well, if you insist.

[1]: Both Masumi and Itaru interpreted uni as sea urchins instead of dream