xxxHOLiC 141

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xxxHOLiC
Chapter 141
[insert text right: Watanuki, believing in himself even as he struggles / ...told Yuuko "I'll handle it on my own"]
[insert text left: Spanning two worlds, / what is the future towards which those two are struggling / at the edge of the endless illusion?!]

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Doumeki: Dozing off again?
Watanuki: ....Huh? / Somehow I feel like I was on the way to school....
Doumeki: You must be half asleep. / Though in your case, it's hard to tell the difference either way.
Watanuki: Why, you...! // Ah - / Ah - / Ah -

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Doumeki: You're so clumsy.
Watanuki: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU!!
Doumeki: It's got completely dark... / Since you couldn't catch a single thing.
Watanuki: You only caught one yourself, didn't you?!

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Watanuki: Ah...
Doumeki: Rain...
Watanuki: We'd better get back quickly. // Well, at any rate, we've got to find somewhere to shelter from the rain...
Doumeki: Hey.
Watanuki: Excuse me... // Is anybody home...?
Girl: Indeed... and who might you....

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Watanuki: Sorry to bother you unexpectedly, / But it suddenly started raining, and... // ? / ?
Women: It seems we have guests.

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Watanuki: It's lucky there was an inn so close to the fishing area.
Doumeki: Yeah.
Watanuki: Hey, is that girl from before someone you know?
Doumeki: Hm?
Watanuki: The one who came out of the inn first.
Doumeki: I don't know her.
Watanuki: But... she seemed pretty surprised when she saw your face.
Girl: Er... / .....may I come in?
Watanuki: Y - / Yes!!
Girl: I must ask you to leave this inn immediately.
Watanuki: Huh?

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Watanuki: Ah, wait a moment.... // It must be because we didn't make any reservations... / We must be in the way...
Doumeki: ..........
Watanuki: Ah, the fire went out... // I wonder where we can get some oil... / Although I guess the fact that we were asked to leave comes first...

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Women: They're so young... // And they seem very healthy. // But they look a little tough... // If we just break off those parts... // Then the consistency will... // Yes... / I really think... // They'll be very tasty.

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Watanuki: AAAAAAGH!!!
Women: Who's there?!
Watanuki: Run for it, Doumeki!

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Doumeki: So it was something like this... / I was getting a kind of cat-like impression... // But those look more like birds following us...
Watanuki: Why the hell are you so calm?! // AAAGH!!

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Doumeki: Now! / Run!!
Watanuki: Looks... / Looks like... / ...we managed to get away somehow...
Doumeki: Yeah.

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Watanuki: Hey... / What did you throw at them back there?
Doumeki: The fishing bait. // I figured they might eat it, if they were birds.
Watanuki: [aside text]I - I see.[/aside text] // But I wonder why that first girl told us we should get out...? // Were the birds, like, returning you a favour or something?
Doumeki: ......

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Doumeki: ....Back in primary school, my class raised some chickens.
Watanuki: [aside text]I get it![/aside text] // Ah! / You did something good for the chickens, right...?
Doumeki: We ate them all.
Watanuki: THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THAT AT ALL!!