I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna pet the demon.

[Even if it still smells really bad, he wants to say he was brave enough to pet it.

He plugs his nose with his other hand and takes a step towards the bird.]

[Shinji will manage to successfully pet the demon!! It's not hostile at all.

Instead, it just looks up at Shinji curiously and tries to sniff its hand.]

You okay there, Shinji?

[Nanashi stares in concern.]

[His hand smells like a hand. Shinji smells like a very proud child.]

I did it! Once you get past the smell it's eaaasy.

Cool.

I gotta do something about the smell. Hold on a sec.

[Nanashi throws a bunch of news papers onto the ground where the poop is.]

Alright, that should help.

That's better. Now it's only kind of terrible.

[Which makes it easier to pet demons without holding his nose.]

Give it a few more days and it won't smell nearly as bad.

[He shakes his head.]

Are you fond of this demon already?

Maybe a little. Can I keep it?

[He'll say it followed him home or something.]

Nope. You wouldn't be able to understand 'em.

It'd be dangerous.

[Sometimes Nanashi pretends to be responsible.]

Ugh, fiiiiine.

[Nanashi is a big brother underneath it all.]

You should make a demon language dictionary so I can keep a demon.

Come on, I can't do that. We'll get in trouble for it....

You can just visit this guy whenever you want.

[He hopes this is a good compromise.]

Promise? You'd better promise.

[Or he'll... complain really loudly, probably.]

Okay, promise. I wouldn't be a good senpai if I told lies.

Wanna seal it with a pinky promise?

[They really are kids.]

Pinky promise.

[Shinji sticks out his pinky.]

If you break a pinky promise you have to swallow a thousand needles. That's the rule.

[Pinky promise done!!]

Right!! So just call me when you want to visit the demon?

You can see 'em after school.

I'll make sure and visit all the time!

[And totally get caught by his cousins sooner or later.]

[GOODBYE.]

You don't have anything to do after school, Shinji? I don't mind it but.... what about your schedule?

I have chess club. And sometimes I help out in a cafe... And I have homework, I guess, but besides that I'm free!

[Don't ignore your homework for the demon, Shinji.]

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[Shinji no.]

You're pretty busy. Don't force yourself to come here when you've got too much going on.

[Please watch yourself before you watch the demon.]

But this is cooler than homework...

[Grumble grumble grumble.]

There's a lot of things cooler than homework. I know.

Be a good kid and work hard in school. We can mess around afterwards.

[Nanashi pets Shinji on the head.]

[The headpats just make him grumpier.]

Okay okay, I'll work hard, don't treat me like a little kid!

[He's clearly not a little kid. Nope.]

I won't!

[He'll stop giving head pats. Shinji doesn't look that happy.]

You have to go to chess club after school sometimes? What's the deal with that? Are you into chess?

[Distraction achieved. Shinji puffs his chest out proudly.]

I'm one of the best chess players in the club!

[Thank god. Shinji's not grouchy anymore!!]

Really? I bet you'd win against me easily. I'm not that good at it.

It's a hard game.

It's super hard and you need tons of practice to get good. When people join the club and act like it'll be easy for them even though they haven't played before, I'm the one who kicks their butt.