If they were farming them I'd think it'd start showing up in crime and accident and suicide stats.

Okay. Yeah. That makes sense. Just...

Which admittedly I haven't gone over with a fine-toothed comb.

I'm not sure how you'd even be able to tell? Oh, sure, that neighbourhood's always been a bit dangerous, it's where drug dealers are, you know, you shouldn't go there, everyone knows. Or it's poor, or, whatever other excuse people could have if it's been like that a while.

I think they're not covering their tracks that carefully - like, the neighborhood will look shitty, sure, but the deaths won't look like specifically yakuza killing people because the witches won't target, specifically, yakuza, let alone then make them kill people the yakuza have a motive to kill. I dunno. I need to talk to Yamanaka-san about it, find out where "our territory" is if nothing else, but she's recording a single today.

Yeah. Makes sense.

...I'm sorry I haven't been able to make a wish yet and—help. I just...

Well, apparently there's some reasons not to do that and you didn't seem excited about it even before learning this fun fact. Being a spotter is helping, anyway.

...well, those things aren't unrelated, right. Not having a wish means I don't—have anything I want that badly. Or something.

I don't know how many people with the potential just never make a wish. I think Kyubey's sales tactics make more sense if people like you aren't too uncommon though?

Sales tactics?

Trying to get you to make a wish? Is it not doing that?

Oh. I mean. Not much? When I ran into that Pokémon-looking thingy he told me that it was pure luck it had latched onto that one guy rather than me but he hasn't been, like, badgering me about it or anything.

Maybe he knows Yutaka's doing enough badgering on his own.

Huh. I mean, it didn't have to convince me very hard but at first it was talking like it expected to have to, kinda. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it.

Maybe I just won't be that powerful a magical boy so he figures he might as well go convince someone else rather than waste time on me. Oh whoops the self-negativity slipped through there again. Well, whatever, it's not like Haru's opinion of him's likely to change at this point.

It did say I was likely to be unusually strong? But it's not like it has a day job, it just does this kinda thing all the time. Jump in any time, Kyubey.

Before I met you, of course I did not know how you would be best persuaded. It's very important that I recruit everyone I can.

So do you figure I'm doing enough self-flagellation about not having a wish that you might as well not bother, then?

I don't think it will help you think of a wish to be higher-pressure with you. But I'm still here any time you're ready to make one!

Very goal-oriented of you.

Anyway. Take your time. Let us know if you see more Pokémon.

Yeah. Roger that.

hey do you want to come to France

Kouji can't, and I want to bring a friend he will be sure I'm not cheating on him with

you're going to ask why can't Sakura go and the answer is that she hates bread

do you wanna back up like five steps

you're going to France? in the middle of the school year?

what for?

and what do you mean Sakura hates bread

quote "I hate bread" unquote when I asked her

"invite me to India, they have rice there" she said

anyway yes in the middle of the school year, it's fashion week and Mom said I could come with her this time. are you not the kind of gay guy who likes that

because I hear they also have bread!

I'm the kind of gay guy who looks good in whatever he wears

I'm still hung up on this "I hate bread" thing though yes

fashion week? like this week? like the week today is the monday of?