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Anima looked up from below and listened to them. It was overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity shown to it by these two perfect strangers. Both Dan and the woman who's name it had yet to learn were exceedingly kind. It felt sort of bad for taking so much money from those with such golden hearts.

In face of such positive treatment Anima though still watering at the eyes was able to compose itself enough to carry out a coherent conversation. It lifted itself from the ground, facing towards the two saintly humans.


"I- I'm so thankful I- I can't even say. Thank you! You both are so very kind I..."

Anima turned it's eyes to the ground, bowing it's head to them in humility.

"I sort of feel bad for taking so much of your money. I may have lost a lot but that is no reason for either of you to part with your Rell. You are both so kind, I just hope I'm not being too much of an imposition. I don't want to ruin your day, I just want everyone to be happy."


Just then the woman put her arm on it and got real serious, something which mildly intimidated it into listening closely.

"I can't believe this... You have to report this. If this man robbed you in pure daylight, you must have gotten a good look at him. You have to go to the police, as soon as you can." She looked up at Dan with a firm expression. "You said you saw it happen, didn't you? It would be a good idea to go with her, as an eyewitness. Two alibis are better than one."

"That's not all you have to report, Anima. Your house - look, I read the information on the housing, of the project - studied it, even, before I came here - and if it's really that much of an issue, if it's empty, you have to report that too. That's not legal, they said in the forms that they are required to give you all the basic furniture and appliances that every house needs, and they have to be of decent quality. I overheard that a woman reported a faulty oven, and some people are coming to replace it. If you report a problem it will be inspected and they'll give you an apology, I'm sure. If someone dared play favourites..."


It just remained still and nodded along with what she was saying. It was a lot to absorb all at once and she made matters sound quite dire. Talk of police and reports all in a serious tone which held Anima's attention captive. It couldn't respond to much of what she said as she had gone on in her rather fiery speech leaving Anima in wide eyed pause.

"Is there any way I can contact you, Anima?"

At last the woman finished on a question, waiting for it to respond. While Anima didn't see this person in a negative light in any sort or way she certainly had a lot to say, confusing it a slight bit with the flow of information, parts of which it had yet to become familiar with.


"E... Mail?" It worded out loud, not familiar with the technology she had spoken about.

"Ah, I do have a mail box. It's red and sort of box shaped but not really box shaped. I read that humans communicate by passing letters to each other through a post office. That's that place where humans take people's letters to other people's mail boxes, correct?"

Anima had read up on the human world but there was much to their realm that it had yet to understand. With large curious eyes Anima stared up at her, tears no longer running from it's eyes.