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[Early this morning the droids had swooped down on Vash during one of his regular trips through the woods. They came fast and hit hard so he had no time to give warning, but it's alright. As he was back by the afternoon, his journal falling open on the ground as he's returned. Only it shows a small boy with long, blond hair with a blindfold over his eyes, a pointy, party hat on his head, and a small strip of paper in his hand. The boy feels around blindly for a moment.]

Come on guys. Am I getting close? Why's it suddenly so cold. Knives? Rem? [A pause and he flails his arms a bit more.] ...Joey? Is this some kind of joke, because I don't really like it. [Finally he pushes up the blindfold.] Hey! This isn't the ship! [There's a pause, and suddenly a smile breaks out on the boy's face.] This is Luceti, isn't it!?

[He looks around, finally spotting the journal and quickly picking it up.] Hi everyone! The snow's all gone! I went home for a little bit, but now I'm back! Is Nicholas still here? Or Sanji?

[Then suddenly, his smile breaks into a pout.] HEY! I didn't even get a piece of cake yet! [That's just not fair!]

[Tiny Vash will be making his way to the village to explore everything again. He'll be sure to stop by the Flower Shop also the bakery and Seventh Heaven for food. Also the clothing store as his clothes aren't exactly early spring appropriate. He'll also play around the fountain for a bit. Feel free to run into him anywhere!

Of course, for the next couple weeks he'll also be staying at House 5 causing mischief for the Trigun members.]

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[Good luck with that, as Wolfwood may hear some splashing as Vash tosses some rocks into the river.]

Uh-huh! I sure did! All the neat snow is gone! And the ground is all wet! Amelia says it might rain soon, do you think it will!? I've never seen real rain before!

Never seen it, huh? Well, you're in luck, because you're bound to see some spring rain. [He wants to say before you're back to adult size, but that would probably panic a kid, amirite. :|] And hey, careful around water; you don't know how to swim, right?

N-no. I don't. [HOW DO YOU KNOW MY DEEP DARK- oh wait, this Vash doesn't care how you know.] But I'm being careful! I'm just throwing rocks in! I'll stay away from the edge! I promise!

Well, as long as you promise. After all, breaking promises is a pretty big offense, right? [He nods.] When you run into Amelia, take her word for things, alright? She can lead you to the house and get you something to eat.

If you're hungry.

Yeah! I kinda am a little hungry. [Someone was trying to save as much room as he could for the cake he was suppose to get.]

Why wouldn't I believe what Miss. Amelia tells me?

Well, because she's—wait.

... You weren't taught about stranger danger, were you?

[Or did you just blissfully ignore lessons on it. :|]

Stranger danger?

[Dude. I lived on a ship with only five other people. What's a stranger?]

Mm... some of the people here in Luceti can be pretty dangerous, y'know. That's why you have to make sure they're not anyone you should be avoiding through one of your friends here, right?

But everyone here is so nice. Just because they're strong doesn't mean they're dangerous, right?

That's why you've gotta be careful; not everyone is nice. We get some really mean people around here sometimes, y'know.

But why would they want to be mean? Everyone is so nice here, not scary at all or anything.

Lesson one, kiddo: not everyone is nice. Just be careful, huh?

There aren't a lot of mean people here, but sometimes the mean ones are particularly mean.

[He doesn't get it. He's always figured he did something wrong to make Steve be mean to him. He wasn't mean to anyone else.]

Why would they want to be mean? Are they scared of something?

Well, maybe. Hard to say why they're mean, but the fact is, some people can be jerks for no good reason.

But, there's always a reason. [Isn't there? That's what he's always thought.]

It's possible, but you wouldn't want to stick around to find out, in case they try to hurt you.

B-But why would they want to hurt me? They won't want to hurt me if I show them I'm not scary or a monster, right?

[Sigh.]

Sometimes people don't hurt others because they're scared of them, unfortunately.

...

It's complicated.

I don't understand. If there's no reason, why would anyone be mean?

[He knows his friend just said it's complicated, but he can't help but stay focus on such an important topic.]

Hey, hey, just because I'm an adult doesn't mean I have all the answers to why people act like they do. Just keep yourself out of trouble, and you won't have to worry about that.

O-okay? I'll be good and not get in trouble. [Although he's pretty confused right now.]

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