‘’… and then Brian jumped over the rail with a whole flock of turtles in his arms. I never saw the more funny scene when he was told that he can not keep them. Brian was almost crying when they were returned to the aquarium.’’

Lucy’s trying to embarrass Brian for the whole 15 minutes. She is talking without pause and Brian, her cousin that was adopted at the same time, is left with no chance to interrupt. Brian is now walking with hands covering his face.

I’m thankful that I myself have no one to spill my secrets. …exept for mom. She is almost as dangerous as Lucy.

Due to Lucy being a chatterbox, I have learned that they are related, but their parents died in an accident. Later they were adopted and have grown as close as real siblings. She also confessed that they both like small, adorable, powerless creatures and animals. She will start playing IW in five months and she’s planning to make a zoo with the most adorable creatures that you can find. But Brian who already plays the IW for a year and few months says that his plans are already underway with an eerie smirk.

We already passed the restricted street without interruption, but we saw a few ‘guards’ that didn’t stop us as Brian greeted them from afar.

‘’We are here! Finally!’’ All of a sudden Brian shouted. And Lucy snickered at his obvious relief.

It seems that we reached our destination.

‘’ So now is the time for us to part. Can we get your link? Even if we don't meet in real life anymore, we would love to meet you in IW.’’

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Due to being surprised at the proposal I didn’t react immediately and Lucy already had a sad smile on her face.

‘’I- I don’t mind’’ They are really nice and it would be great if we could become friends.

‘’ ‘’System link share’’ ’’ Lucy and Brian said at the same time and I accepted their request at the window that opened before me.

Afterwards, they said that they need to return to their post and slowly went back. At the end of the street, they turned and Brian shouted.

‘’See you soon!’’

I in return waved and slowly walked to the store. Outside windows are the big one-way window so that you can see from inside out but not outside in.

Above the doors, the sign says The Loner Pet Corner and Caffee right beside it. The doors open as soon as I step closer and the reception came to view.

It was a small place, probably so that they can have more private rooms and at the reception, there was a robot cat.

Sometimes they use the robot pets as workers at receptions, especially if they are targeted at loners and socially awkward people.

‘’Welcome to Loners Pet Corner, nya!’’ The cat stands up and stretch. Afterwards, it walks to the projection device and touches the paw print on the table.

‘’Please choose your preference. The payment will be made on room table.’’

Quickly skimming across the choices, I end up sitting in a single room with 4 rats playing not far from me.

On the table across me, a tea is laid next to the slice of black chocolate cake. Rats are playing and sometimes came to me for a pet. It's peaceful.

Mom will probably come home e around now and workers are most likely finished installing the IW-gear.

The cake is delicious, it's not sour or bitter but it also isn’t sweet. Usually, my desert is never finished, but before I know it the slice is gone.

I guess it's time to go home.