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besides stabbing things and collecting things to do the stabing," Louise
began, cocking her head to the side as she spoke, a note of curiosity
appearing in her voice. "But why does this thing have you so excited? I
mean, yes, it can fly, but there are dozens of other flying vessels
around. What's so special about this one? Is it that it came from your
homeland?"
"It's just with this I'll finally qualify for the Rider class!" I
admit, finally letting my excitement through. "It's always been a sore
point for me that I could manage just about all the other classes of my
homeland, but I couldn't qualify for one just because I didn't have a
fancy flying horse. This is so much better than a flying horse!"
"A flying horse?" Louise asked, looking completely lost. "What does this have to do with a flying horse?"
"And
look!" I declared, finally unable to contain my exuberance any longer. I
darted forward to the 7.7mm machine guns and the 20mm canon mounted at
the front of the plane. "You all have muskets in this country right?
Well imagine the power of a musket, matched with the range and accuracy
of an arrow, capable of firing over a hundred shots per minute! That's
what these are!" I began stroking them feverishly. "Take that
Bellapharon! You think you're all that! Eat hot lead!"
Louise fell
over at my declaration, her eyes twitching. Her hand started creeping
for her wand, but she visibly constrained herself.
Colbert was
beside me in an instant. "Truly? You have technology capable of a feat
like that?" his eyes sparkled, and I'm pretty sure mine were too when I
grasped his hand and nodded, too overcome with joy to speak.
He
detached himself from me and began to hug the nose of the zero fighter.
"Oh! The breakthroughs we'll have together," he sang joyously.
I
gave into the urge myself, and embraced the machine guns. "Oh! The
armies we'll slaughter together!" I crooned, rubbing my face against the
weapons.
Louise remained on the ground, still twitching.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.