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Ce... obe.

Ceobe.

I'm Ceobe!

I've got a name!

Hm...

Vulcan, ma'am?

(Ma'am... again...?)

(Maybe I should give her a little nudge...)

Wh- what?

People usually have two names, don't they?

Like Lava has a different name when her sister calls her.

She's 'Little Lava,' or something.

I want one of those.

Sorry, I'm not very good at naming things...

Vulcan is a blacksmith. Blacksmiths are good people. And good people are good at naming.

(What is this logic?)

(Whatever. She's just a kid.)

Let me think for a moment.

Yeah!

(She wants a nickname?)

(But I only know how to name weapons. What should I do?)

(Ceobesius? Ceobenie? Ceobetia?)

(No, no, no. She's not a weapon. I need another scheme.)

(Think, Vulcan...)

Vulcan?

(She mentioned 'Little Lava' before, didn't she?)

Are you okay, Vulcan?

(Well, there's a pretty easy way out of this... might as well take it.)

We'll call you 'Kay.'

Kay?

Yes.

(It kinda sucks...)

Kay... Ceobe...

Thank you so much, Vulcan, ma'am!

You're welcome.

Don't be scared, Kay, it's just someone looking for me. No bad guys here.

Put down the weapon, okay?

No bad guys?

No bad guys.

There's no bad guys at Rhodes Island.

If you're scared, you can go behind the partition.

Ceobe isn't scared of anything.

Good.

Vulcan, are you in?

Who is it?

Hello, Vulcan, I'm an operator with the logistics department. I've come to relay the decision regarding the little Perro girl who was brought to Rhodes Island yesterday.

Operator Hibiscus said she entrusted the Perro girl to you. Is she still with you?

Yes, come in.

Vulcan!

Don't worry, it's okay.

Good day, operator Vulcan.

Good day, little Perro girl.

Don't call me Perro girl. My name is Ceobe.

Oh?

All right, Ceobe.

Now then, we have been over the details surrounding your rescue, our determination is as follows. Please listen carefully.

Due to the circumstances surrounding your arrival, your personal freedom had been temporarily restricted.

We apologize for that. But from this point on, you will enjoy the right to free movement, effective immediately.

Am I not being sufficiently clear?

I think she may not be getting some of the legalese here.

Just give me the documents. I'll make sure she gets it.

That would be a big help.

Okay.

Kay.

Hm?

Why were you out on your own back there?

I wanted to go to Minos.

But I think I went the wrong way.

According to information provided by the Leithanian branch, she traveled from Bolívar all the way to the Trijunction of the East, where she then turned back.

At that point, she made a large arc across the north, until finally being rescued by our people in Leithanien.

This girl can walk.

But why do you ask?

If you made it to Minos, what were you going to do?

Ask my name. And then...

And then....

I haven't thought that far ahead yet.

Operator Vulcan, please inform her of the situation and let her make her decision.

So what would you want to do after that?

I don't know....

Think it through.

It's important.

I... I want to eat until I'm full every day.

Operator Vulcan, what are you——

Shh! Quiet!

I want to spend half the day in a hot bath, and then wrap myself in a warm blanket.

And lay there until I'm hungry again.

And... and...

And I want a big house where I can keep all my treasures.

Carrying them around all day is kind of hard.

Especially when I'm hungry.

And I guess that's it.

Understood.

If there was a place where you could eat and drink and have a house to sleep in, would you want to stay there?

Who wouldn't?

But most of the time, you have to think a lot, and you have to fight a lot of bad guys, and sometimes you might not sleep for days. Even then, would you want to stay there?

I'm not very good with thinking...

But...

Vulcan, ma'am, are you talking about being a hero?

A hero?

Haha——Ah, um, ahem.