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Hey book--or I guess people listening to the book?

... It's kinda weird talkin' to a book like this.

ANYWAYS, ahahah, I was just wonderin' when this prank is gonna be over? The whole thing about there not bein' any ramen stands around? I guess I could kinda see how that would be funny for like... five minutes, but it's really turned into somethin' cruel! So somebody just tell me where the damn ramen is, y'know?

PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE? I haven't ate in days...!

[And the option for action for the Charming Murderess or anybody walking along the docks really. There's a blond ninja in tattered clothing crawling on the pier looking pitiful.]

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[Close enough.]

Maybe they just don't know you well enough. People used to be scared of me too, y'know. Now I have all sorts of friends.

[deathsought]

Those who seek to know me usually don't live long, for one reason or another.

[obstinates]

So just work harder to protect them.

[deathsought]

The only way I could was by living alone, in isolation. My magic cannot be controlled all of the time.

[obstinates]

[There's a little pause here because Naruto knows as good as anyone what isolation and loneliness does to a person, the dark places it takes your mind.]

That's a crappy way to live, but if you want a friend, I promise I won't die.

[deathsought]

And how can you guarantee that?

[ Only way Mami and Homura could was because their souls weren't inside of their bodies to begin with. It was a very strange and foreign form of magic to him, but he wasn't about to argue with it. ]

[obstinates]

Because I never break my promises, y'know.

[Shonen protag logic. You know how it is.]

[deathsought]

That's not reassuring.

[ And that's shonen woobie Big Bad logic. ]

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Should be. That's my nindo, and a ninja's nindo is one of their most important things.

[deathsought]

Can it protect against magic?

[obstinates]

No idea.

[deathsought]

Then I shouldn't leave it to chance.

[obstinates]

Yeah, well, that doesn't mean I'm just gonna stay away just 'cos you don't want to chance something, so this isn't the last you've heard of Uzumaki Naruto.

[deathsought]

You remind me very much of someone else I know.

[ Natsu. Must be the shonen protagonist traits. ]

[obstinates]

Sounds like a cool guy. I should meet him.

[deathsought]

He isn't here, unfortunately.

[obstinates]

If he does show up, let me know, alright?

And I'll keep an eye out for demons still.

[deathsought]

I won't have to. He's not exactly subtle.

And thank you.