She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
Eeeee good it is good to kiss this adorable cute nerdy magical girl!
Ahhh Dayo's so pretty and nice and kissable. Tetsuma's never properly kissed a girl before, this is wonderful!
Eeee!
"I've - thought you were super cute and nice for a while, but I kinda wanted to be sure? And I'm bad. At, like, feelings."
Yes that's very much one of the things Tetsuma likes about Dayo, though she might not've worded it like that. Bold, maybe.
Eventually they should probably do, like, productive things, though.
Yeah definitely. They need to pack, for one, since they're leaving the next day; Tetsuma's accumulated some stuff. Figure out what to do with whatever they're not taking. Finish the day's training, too, and plan out any questions they want to ask Captain Sarati.
All of those, yeah, especially the training part. Also the occasionally kissing Tetsuma part.
Tetsuma mostly works on learning the alphabet, writing out the letters and muttering their names to herself, then practicing writing words, trying to guess at spellings without having to ask first (maybe she can get a kiss for each one she guesses right? She feels like a kiss per properly-spelled word would be an excellent incentive). Once she has each word down, she carefully copies it and its translation over into a quasi-dictionary she's making to use for review.
(Such a good incentive! Yes, she gets that, and an extra kiss for having had that idea.)
Dayo tries to be as meticulous but advances much more slowly—Tetsuma's alphabets are hard. Speaking it is much easier to learn with telepathy, though, and she can use her own alphabet for memory aid.
Tetsuma teaches Dayo the poem to remember the order for the hiragana - "Iro ha nihoheto..." - which is pretty cool, since it has every kana exactly once! There's 47 hiragana, so probably a bit more than the alphabet, but they're almost always phonetic. The iroha ordering isn't very systemic at all, though, and Tetsuma can see how if you don't know the language it'd be harder to remember. They can learn the hiragana line-by-line, though?
Tetsuma sorts through her stuff and packs during breaks. Most of it'll get left behind. Stuff like the practice papers can get used for kindling for the fire (even though it isn't cold out, Tetsuma insists on properly cooked meals - it's unlikely they'll be cooking anything on the ship, after all). One experiment with wood manipulation let her create a rough cloth sack, that their dried food can get stored in.
"You know what I'd like? More clothes. Maybe we can see if one of Captain Sarati's stops has a money-changer and at least a cloth merchant. We'll probably want to pick up some local fashions, too, for sneaking into the castle."
"Yeah, probably. I was already running away so I'm cool with the clothes I got but blending in is probably the better idea."
"Yeah, I packed for traveling, too, but it'll be nice to have more than three outfits."
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