"Heya~" I exclaim. I do a little pirouette before striking a cute pose, "I'm here!"

"This never gets old, I love how you do this every time you come here, please do it more." She says with a strained smile.

"Huh? I thought you hated that?"

"If you're doing it because it annoys me, then maybe you'll stop if I pretend to like it."

Despite her sarcastic response, I can tell she's somewhat happy to see me, if only because it distracts her from her duties for a little while. The throne room she spends all her time in is full of the white mist, which makes it hard to appreciate the fact that this place is actually quite well decorated. Red carpet, colored walls, and a chandelier hanging on the roof. It's a far cry from the drab, rusty one room pipe home I live in.

"Anyway, are you okay?" I ask.

"Urgh, you're reminding me of him." she says. Massaging her temples.

"What? It's a normal thing to ask."

"Yeah, he used to say that too, and trust me, it's not a normal thing to ask. Wish it was, though." Her gaze wanders somewhere else before continuing. "As for the "I'm okay" part, do you mean in general or recently?"

"In general," I answer.

"It feels like every time I make progress, something else falls apart. I've been doing this for 20 years and yet it still feels like nothing's changed."

She pulls out her menu.

"I can estimate the way things will go very easily, people obey me without questions, I can even control the mist to some extent, but..." She taps her bright pink menu a few times before it disappears. "Even with all of that, it feels like I can't force people to change for the better without turning into a tyrant, it's frustrating." She takes another one of her usual deep breath, this time inhaling the white mist, although she doesn't exhale anything back. "Sometimes I wonder if he would've done a better job than me. Maybe we could've worked together, maybe..."

"But it was his decision too!" I exclaim, "I don't think it's fair to assume you were the only one to make this choice. In a way, you both agreed that this is what needed to be done at the time. If this was the right decision or not? Only time will tell!"

"Right..." She says. She scratches her cheek, waiting for me to elaborate. When she sees I'm not about to say anything, she asks something else. "So why are you here? You usually show up at the end of the month."

"That's because I'm leaving! You're probably not going to see me again, and I just thought it'd be rude to go away without saying goodbye!" I answer.

She doesn't say anything for a couple of seconds, still staring off into the distance.

"Never going to see you again, huh? I hate to admit it, but it'll be annoying to have no one I can relate to anymore." her eyes lock unto mine. "Say, how do you manage to stay happy with that much power anyway?"

"That's the best part! I don't!" I exclaim. "Some days I'll be nostalgic about a time long gone, some days I'll be happy to see something new, some days I'll get bored out of my mind, and some days I'll get a special connection with someone only for it to all disappear in the end!" I do another pirouette before striking another cute pose. "Because all I can do is keep going! So keep going, I will!"

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She lets out a surprisingly cute laugh before doing a pirouette and striking a cute pose of her own. "Keep going is what I will do then." The white mist in the room suddenly pushes me into her, and she pulls me into a tight hug.

"Take care, alright?" She whispers into my ears. For some reason, my cheeks get a little red.

"Is that an order?" I ask.

"From the white mist itself" She answers before letting go of me.

Right before I leave the room, I shout, "Don't forget to have fun every now and then!" and run out of the palace.

Change notes? [Y/N]

Note : you're doing great <3 Note : please forget

Notes changed to :

Note : Take care, alright?

Note : It's okay to remember

Change stats? [Y/N]

CURRENT MODE : BYSTANDER STAT MEASUREMENT : ORIGINAL BODY STR : ABOVE AVERAGE

END : SUPERHUMAN

INT : NORMAL

CHA : BELOW AVERAGE

PER : BELOW SUPERHUMAN

SPEED : ABOVE AVERAGE

Stats changed to :

CURRENT MODE : INSTANT DEATH

STAT MEASUREMENT : ORIGINAL BODY STR : NONE

END : NONE

INT : NORMAL

CHA : NORMAL

PER : NONE

SPEED : NORMAL

I die