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Noriko is sitting in a booth tonight, in just the white tee and jeans she got given quite a few of from the bar.

She also has a sprig of cherry blossoms, a little branch covered in the tiny flowers, which she's turning over and over in her hands as she writes with a very simple--and to most, old-fashioned--wood pencil in a notebook.

It's been a long time since she tried to write any sort of poetry, much less haiku.

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Jane is smiling when she enters the Bar and her smile grows to see Noriko,

"You're looking better."

She looks up at Jane. "Thanks." Nori knows she shouldn't have asked about what Ramon would sell her, but it's hard to give up something that lets her be halfway normal.

"I...am a little better."

"I'm glad to hear of it. I do hope that I didn't disturb your writing."

"I'm not writing anything much. So it's okay," she says softly. "It's been a long time since I tried to write stuff."

"May I ask what inspired you to try writing again?"

"I was just...homesick."

"Is your writing helping with that and may I join you?"

"Sure, you can sit. It...um. I haven't really gotten anything written." She's got a few lines in Japanese script, but it doesn't translate to much.

Jane sits down and looks confused at what she sees,

"What language is that?"

"It's Japanese. My first language," she murmurs. "I grew up in Tokyo."

"Oh my, you have come from quite a great distance."

She only shrugs. "I...made it to New York on my own. That's where I came in from."

"That must have been a long journey."

"Just a few hours. I flew. Military transport, out of Yokota Air Base."

"Oh my. Are you safe now?"

"Depends on what you mean by safe."

"Do you feel safe?"

Jane frowns since she was already worried about Noriko and now she's finding more reasons to worry.

"I'm...okay. I'm stuck here for now."

"How long have you been Bound?"

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