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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. ]

Comments

[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.