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[ Haruhi folds her arms over her chest as she listens to this carefully, nodding after each sentence. Her second question wasn’t as important as the first, but it’s something she can definitely use to her advantage. It was something that she can use to take a step ahead of the others. Having this information in mind is essential; after all, Yuri’s been here the longest.

The brunette then smiles for a second before she slowly shifts into a more serious look, though that glint in her amber brown eyes don’t disappear.

She does notice that pause, though doesn’t say anything about it. Besides, she should at the very least be polite and let her finish.

Haruhi knows that she’ll have to up her game if she want to stop her. It seems that these Guard Skills are using the tactic that the “best offense is a good defense”. Which means she’ll have to prepare carefully.

But the last sentence bothers her…

If that sort of thing lead to a shadow attack, and the programmer wants this NPC back because they can do that sort of thing, then there’s only one conclusion. If they don’t get find the NPC soon, then things might get messy.

Worst case scenario: the shadows might return again.

Haruhi doesn’t want that, even if she can protect herself from it now. She then clenches her hands into tight fists before unclenching them, letting out a deep sigh, bowing in the politest way possible. ]

Thank you very much.

[ She turns on her heel, about to leave, but then she remembers one question. There was one piece of information that actually interested her.. ]

Ah, before I forget.. I just want to make one thing for certain. So how the clones think when < Harmonics > is used depends on what the original user was thinking when they used it, right?

[ And she’s pretty sure that < Absorb > and < Time Wait > are exactly what they mean; thankfully, Haruhi’s pretty confident in her ability to understand English. ]

The intent in creation, yes.

[ She pauses for a moment, deciding she should.. probably mention something important. ]

They're defensive skills. The currently existing ones all exist to defend against the SSS, except for the two that I put in and Howling, which was created by the clones. The clones in this case were actually made with the intent of killing the giant fish rather than any attack on us.

I see.

[ She nods in response, looking quite determined as she speaks in her serious voice. ]

Again, thank you very much.

What did you need to know for?

It was mentioned on the post about the NPC, that's why. Besides, I need to know as much I can before I decide on doing anything rash and regret it.

What do you think? Of the NPC situation?

Me?

[ Her voice is curious as she speaks, her hands on her hips as her amber brown eyes narrow slightly. ]

I think it's interesting!

That's it? Really?

What, did you expect me to say something long-winded and detailed, Yuri? Because sorry to disappoint, that's not happening today!

No, I was just wondering.

[ Sometimes she doesn't really get Haruhi. She's honestly trying to understand it. If it's just because she's interesting than because she wants to protect everyone or anything like that, Haruhi's definitely even more of a giant question mark to her. ]

Go ahead. I'm not sure what I want to do about it, I'm waiting for things to play out a little more.

Well, I'm pretty sure that the truth will be figured out in time. But I highly doubt that certain people are going to let this sit for too long.

Obviously not. I didn't say I wasn't going to do anything, but I'd rather wait and see before we do something stupid because some of us want a WcDonalds playplace.

To be honest, that wouldn't be half bad. I mean, it would be better than asking to get a box of pencils or asked for a picket fence.

...As stupid as most of us are, I don't think anyone's stupid enough to ask for a box of pencils.

Well, I’m just saying that there’s something worse than having a knock-off McDonalds.

Knock-off? McDonalds sounds more like a knock-off to me. That'd be like if you called Zenny's "Denny's" or something...

[ She comes from the land of Macrosoft Windings. ]

Do I have to go Google all of this for you now?

I think you mean Qooqle.

No, I mean Google. There's even a song go "Go Google It!"

[ Okay does she really have to drag Yuri over to her room just to prove this because that would be hella annoying. ]

Never heard of it. Anyway, it's not like we have access to it anyway. The internet here only goes within the school.

That's what I hate about the internet here! You can't do anything. Sure, I don't mind if we can't communicate with the living, but they should at least give us some leeway into things that are more interesting.

You can access the library and talk to other people here. There are some neat videos that look like they're from the Encounter Channel.

[ She's hoping that she drives Haruhi absolutely nuts with that one, because she did that instead of Discovery Channel on purpose. ]

But they're all educational videos.

[ Yeah, she's not falling for that one, Yuri..! Even though it's still pissing her off slightly. ]

Damn, you didn't get mad at that one.

[ She's so disappointed. ]

So you did do it on purpose!

[ Yuri, you're getting an accusatory, yet over-the-top point from Haruhi's end as she furrows her brows. ]

I mean, seriously, all the computers in the lab use a knockoff OS, too, I should have figured..

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