ai-in-the-white-coat:

Ai gave a small smile.

“I’m actually trying to find a bookstore in this area…I’m not from Ekoda. I’m looking for Endless Pages Bookstore. I have no idea where if I’m even traveling in the right direction…”

She winced at her Ayumi-like whine. It was almost humiliating to act like a child.

“Do you know where it is?”

“Endless Pages? It’s just a five minute walk from here, so you weren’t too far off.”

The magician looked up at the sky in contemplation for a moment.

“And while I’m thinking about it, I could look for a few things there as well…” he turned back to her and grinned, “If you don’t mind me joining you, I could take you there myself.”

ai-in-the-white-coat:

Ai blinked as she looked up into the face of a messy-haired teen. Ai was filled with an eerie sense of familiarity, but all of the images that popped into her head were impossible. After all, she knew exactly where that teen was.

She shook her head of these thoughts and gripped her phone tighter.

“Ah, I’m very sorry,” she said again, gently. “I’m afraid I’m lost. All of the streets look quite like the others…”

She didn’t like the way he seemed to recognize her either.

He put the feeling of recognition in the back of his mind for now. It wouldn’t be much help if he made a lost kid nervous, and he could always try figuring it out later.

“Lost, huh? Well, I can help out, if you want. Where are you heading?”