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Alright, you can think of some reasons... like, "it'd be nice to have a place of my own", or, "I should repay people who help me with tangible gifts".

"HAHAH! Smooth! No, but, it's okay, you don't gotta get me anything! I'd appreciate it, though!"

So, does gardening earn a lot of beads?

"Yeh, depends. Gardening's a nice hobby anyways, but since Bonsai's in the Growth Petal, gardening and farming are big jobs there. You know... yer kinda dressed like a gardener! It must be a sign, haha!"

Heh, if you say so.

Earn beads? What about making them myself?

"Yyyyyou could, certainly make dec'rative beads yerself! But if ya try ta make money-type beads, yer prolly gonna end up in a cell! Which, fer yer information, is kinda like that box ya were in, but ya don't get to come out until someone else decides when."

Oh.



So, um... there's kind of a similarity between us, right?

"How so?"

Well, one of us woke up in a box full of trash, with a few random items to give us an identity, and the other, uh, woke up in a world full of ruins to give us an idea of the worlds history...?

"I guess. I didn't just wake up one day like this, though, I was born- please, please don't ask me what being "born" is. It's the job of yer mommas to explain to ya what that is, as it was my mommas job to explain to me such things. And I ain't yer moms OR yer dads."

O-oh.

"Now that I think about it, though, I'm only assumin' that you weren't born, an' that ya don't have a mom or pop. Either way... ya got a point. Seems like yer the same as everyone else stuck on this planet, even if other people ain't inclined to agree on account of ya not bein' a flesh an' blood person. Don't worry if ya can't figure out why ya exist, none of us know why we do either."

The train slows down, pulls to a stop at a station. The doors open and a sudden cold gust blows in; Jay huddles a bit while a small line of people forms to exit the train.

"WE HAVE ARRIVED AT NEGATIVE; PLEASE LEAVE IN SINGLE FILE. BUNDLE UP AND ENJOY YOUR DAY. PEOPLE HEADING TO BONSAI, PLEASE REMAIN SEATED. WE WILL BE DEPARTING FOR BONSAI SHORTLY."