4 5 301 1 Noan ...A gift for Double Seventh Festival... Double Seventh Festival? 1
5 6 302 Do you know about it? 8
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7 8 301 Noan Yeah. I've met my share of people from Kowloong before. They mentioned their customs and the story behind it, but I never saw them celebrate it. 1
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9 10 301 Noan Thank you, then. I didn't know you were supposed to give gifts on this day. I would have prepared something for you otherwise. 1
10 11 302 It's fine. It's just a club activity, anyway. Let's open it! 12
11 12 301 Noan nods and opens the box, taking out a half-green, half-red... apple.
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13 14 301 Noan An apple? But why? And this color... Is this a Snow White reference? 1
14 15 302 Those people must have had some wild ideas. 18
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17 18 301 Noan I know Constructs don't need to eat... but seeing that this is a gift, it's not right for me to give it away. What about this? We'll each eat half of it like the story. 1
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19 20 301 Noan But since the red part is poisonous in most stories, I'll take the "poisonous" part. 1
20 21 301 He splits the apple in two and hands you the fluorescent green half.
21 22 302 Alright. 23
22 23 301 Taking the half he hands you, you take a bite, and a lime-like sourness explodes in your mouth—is this a way the club is trying to punish the "villain" in the story?
23 24 302 ...I-it's so sour! 25
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25 26 301 Noan What? How can that be? Uh... Here, take mine instead. We'll trade. 1
26 27 301 Guiltily he hands you his half of the apple instead and takes yours away.
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28 29 301 Noan How about this one? 1
29 30 301 You take a bite under Noan's watchful eyes. This half is sweet as an apple should be.
30 31 302 This is delicious. 32
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32 33 301 Noan I'm glad... 1
33 34 301 He breathes a sigh of relief before calmly eating the sour half.
34 35 302 ...Don't you think it's bad? 36
35 36 301 Noan It's a bit sour, but it's acceptable. I've eaten many similar things in the past, and, more importantly, I don't want to waste this gift. 1
36 37 301 Smiling, he takes out a small glass vial from his pocket. Inside the vial is a strand of rice.
37 38 302 ...Rice? That can't be, can it? 39
38 39 301 Noan It's barnyard grass. It looks like rice, but it's far less valuable and steals nutrition away. It's considered a harmful plant if it appears in one of the experimental farms and needs to be removed. 1
39 40 301 Noan This one got lucky and didn't get removed, and here it is, all grown up. 1
40 41 301 Noan Here, take it in exchange for the apple. It's not something valuable... and I just happened to be carrying it with me. 1
41 42 301 With an inquisitive smile, he places the glass vial in your hand.
42 43 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Noan Will you let it stay here... with you? 1
