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[She does. She sees it clear. Whether she wants to admit it? She turns her head slightly. There's... that's a robot blush.]

Faeries can't lie, I know that. So... you want to test out how this goes? I know you wouldn't ask anything too much.

[...But that idea Is scary. What if she gets a friend who'd abuse it?]

[ She's thinking hard, and fast. The priorities: to make this fun, like a game; because it is interesting, and doesn't have to be scary. To do something rigorous, so that they can think of all the different possible options. And to do so in a way that doesn't make her dear friend uncomfortable.

And there's a pretty simple solution to all of those, when she puts it together in that way. She smiles. ]

Kind of. Niina-san... you think about things really logically. What if you came up with a series of tests, and I executed them for you? We'd have to account for all the different variations of ways someone could ask you to do something - an order, a suggestion, an idle wish - and maybe even friends of different types too, like your friends at the school, compared to just anybody on the network; plus different types of suggestions, easy ones or really dangerous ones; there's all sorts of different factors... but I feel like you'd be able to think of more variations than me. And that way, it's not really me asking you to do any of it, either; it's you putting together the plan, and I'm just helping you with it.

[ She pauses, and thinks back about what she just said. ] Although-- well, I suppose even that suggestion could come across as an order, just like when I suggested cleaning this room by mistake... so, just to clarify! It's not something that I want to do or don't want to do. ... I mean, it would be cool, but it's also something that I could try out just as easily when I change into a simulacrum, too! So... if it's something that you want to do, Niina-san... then maybe I could help you, if you wanted.

[ Her brain is starting to hurt a little bit, but she thinks she covered her bases? Man, being a simulacrum is more complicated than she thought. ]

[You can hear the gears whirring in her head. That... that all makes sense. They could work on it together. She nods.]

Honestly? I like it. Having a test... it makes this feel scientific. If we figure out things we could help new monsters, too. So they don't have to go through this.

[She likes that idea.]

A real experiment needs controls.

It is scientific! That's exactly right!

[ The faerie claps two sets of hands together. ] It's a game, but it's also fun because we're learning things! I've never tried this sort of thing before...

[ Now that she's through the difficult part, the little faerie's excitement is bubbling over again. ]

We could even put a section about it in the new Guide! Let me see if I can find a pen and paper...

[ And she's shooting back out of the closet again. No order this time (Nanami was careful with her wording); Niina's free to stay or follow the faerie as she pleases. ]

[Niina is just going to sit down, then. This is all so... weird even if it's exciting now.]

...I'd rather we leave my name out, though. I'm not exactly proud of being like this, you know?

[Tsun, tsun!]

Of course! We can keep it anonymous. I'm only putting monsters' names in if they want to be credited...

[ She says this as she's returning with the paper and pen; and she sits down next to Niina, laying out the paper in front of her. ]

Okay. How should we organize this?

Good.

[She pauses, thinking about this for a few moments.]

Maybe we should make a list of 'questions' that are actually orders? Then give them to some people we trust.

Yeah, yeah. We can start with Wakaba-san, or maybe the teens... hmm...

[ She taps her pen against the paper, and then starts writing down some categories: "Orders," "Requests," "Suggestions," "Idle Thoughts." ]

Is that a good way to organize it...?

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