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please. Don't make this any harder for me than it already
is. I'm leaving behind friends that mean a lot to me."
"Yes, I know," Mihiro Taniguchi said. "I know. And I know how much you mean to
me. Ken, there was a time, way back in August, where my roommates were
telling me that you were just consoling a widow and not considering the
risk, to quote one of your favorite expressions. But it wasn't that,
was it? How could you know? I mean, remember how we met?"
I smiled. "Our chance meeting was something out of a sitcom, and
you and I both know it." I was close to laughing, and close to tears.
"Remember how you kicked Voll and then jumped ten feet when you realized
that was a dog under the table?"
"How was I supposed to know?" Mihiro Taniguchi replied. "I'm sorry I
embarrassed you."
"I couldn't see it, thank God. You were the embarrassed one.
Besides, I still find it funny how horrified you were when I started
opening Voll up."
Mihiro Taniguchi blushed. "How was I supposed to know your Seeing Eye dog was a
robot?"
"Because I'm such an irresponsible bastard that they wouldn't let
me have a real one?"
We both chuckled at that one, and then Mihiro Taniguchi repeated Mihiro's self.
"You're really going, aren't you?"
I nodded
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