[The way she says that makes him wonder if she might be an ALASTAIR veteran, though he doesn't ask about it right off the bat.]
It's a nice thought, certainly.
[He's not super sure about reassuring, though.]
I would hope they give us a chance to see the truth of it with our own eyes in the future, though. The affairs of man are rarely so straightforward.
[Usually when he helps out with some kind of mushi-related problem or another like a mysterious illness or a rash of frail and weak babies being born, he comes back in a few months to a year after he's done what he can to make sure everything's remained in order while he's been gone. It doesn't quite feel right to simply wash their hands off it and rely on a machine's prediction that everything will be fine from now on.]
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It's a nice thought, certainly.
[He's not super sure about reassuring, though.]
I would hope they give us a chance to see the truth of it with our own eyes in the future, though. The affairs of man are rarely so straightforward.
[Usually when he helps out with some kind of mushi-related problem or another like a mysterious illness or a rash of frail and weak babies being born, he comes back in a few months to a year after he's done what he can to make sure everything's remained in order while he's been gone. It doesn't quite feel right to simply wash their hands off it and rely on a machine's prediction that everything will be fine from now on.]