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[ourtomorrow]

My name is Ken. I need a job and a roommate.

[ ...that's it, right? Those were the first steps recommended to him, and they make sense. If this world can only be saved by people touching, then first Ken has to find people he's comfortable enough around to touch. He needs to form relationships.

He has no idea how. But he has to.

The world depends on him. ]

Thank you.

[ ....incidentally, anyone walking by Ainea's temple might notice a kid sitting outside of it, absently yet intently people-watching. ]

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[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Ken did strike him as a good kid - hopefully that's him being sincere rather than just polite...!]

Please do. We have things like whole apples and oranges, as well as a couple of kinds of meat and eggs. Both you and your roommate would be welcome to help yourself to them.

I don't know how much I would be able to help with work, though. [Especially since the idea of someone as young as Ken looking for a job is. Hm. Hmmm. He's Not Wild about it.] Did you do anything in particular back home?

[ourtomorrow]

[ Ken will remember all of these details! It'd be nice if some of them ended up being foods his roommate likes. That way he could bring something to thank her for offering him a place. ]

Unfortunately, I'm still a student.

[ What else did he do... ]

I played soccer and worked with computers. A little.

[ Doesn't remember how to do the really impressive stuff. So yeah. A little. ]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Would any of those things be particularly handy in this world...? Shinji's not too sure, but he wouldn't want to say as much and drag Ken's spirits down.]

You could always ask around your temple and see if the robots there want any help with anything. They might be able to point you in the direction of something where your skills could be useful, too.

[It is, if nothing else, something worth asking about if he can't find anything else on his own.]

[ourtomorrow]

The temples can help with that?

[ So it's not just that he's here to help them....They're available to help him, too?

That's.....That kind of encourages him. ]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

That's right. It might not be anything too glamorous, but if you really want to start something right away, they should be able to give you something to do until something you like better comes along.

[ourtomorrow]

I understand. I can ask them.

...Do you mind if I ask a personal question?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Well, how personal could he really be getting here? Why not see what's on his mind - ]

I don't mind. What is it?

[ourtomorrow]

Which god summoned you?

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Oh! That sure isn't a question he was expecting, but one with an easy enough answer.]

Rawna.

[ourtomorrow]

I see.

Different than mine.

[ He had been curious. Though it sounds like all the temples have similar things people can do...? ]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Is that so? [Not totally strange, Rawna wasn't one of the more popular ones in his experience.] Which one brought you in, if you don't mind me asking?

[ourtomorrow]

Ainea.

[ Ken should have said that of his own volition earlier, it is all good. ]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[For all of that projecting he'd done earlier, it is a bit of a surprise that Ken would wind up with a god that Shinji's pretty sure he'd have no business himself being aligned with. Huh...! Fancy that.]

Ainea's priests always seem eager to help out, in my experience. You should be able to have good luck with them too, I'd imagine.

[ourtomorrow]

I'll see what they say.

[ And maybe, spending more time in the temple will help him come to understand why Ainea wanted him...? This plan is sounding better and better. ]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

Hopefully they can get you can get pointed in the right direction, at least. Good luck!

[ourtomorrow]

Thanks.