While calculating equations and inputting values on his calculator, Kiyo kept his eye on Sherry. It’s not that he didn’t have trust in her, of course. After all they’ve been through with the whole mamodo battle business, there’s no way he wouldn’t trust her. But still. Kiyo couldn’t help but feel there was something very dangerous about her presence, despite how she seemed to be so relaxed.

He didn’t need to actually see which book she was reading to know which one it was. He immediately recognized it. “You planning on staying the night, in that case? It’s a very text-heavy book. I would know; I’ve read it from cover to cover three times.”

"Yes," she smiled dryly, "University-level textbooks on molecular biology tend not to have that many illustrations."  She glanced down at the page.  "Although they have their fair share of useless diagrams.  Ce n'est pas necessaire.  Really."

Despite the fact that her head was already settled into Kiyo's pillow--it smelled of him, something between laundry detergent and libraries and him--Sherry managed a casual hair flip, claiming more of his bed with her blond curls.

"So where do I stay...?"

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Without looking up, Sherry began to read in a deadpan, "'Because they do no encode proteins, mutations in pseudogenes should be neutral with respect to fitness.  When such mutations achieve fixation in populations...'  I'm feeling smarter already."

The corner of her lip quirked up in a coy smile.  "I suppose I'm not going to leave until I finish this book.  It is so fascinating, after all; un vrai page-turner."  The woman made to relax herself, leaning backwards until the strands of her hair were spread across Kiyomaro's pillow.

Sherry put down the book suddenly.  Sitting up, she shrugged off the jacket of her dress and tossed it aside, letting it fall haphazardly on the floor.  With that done, she settled onto the bed again, carefully resuming her reading. She hummed like she had come across a particularly interesting passage, her shins rubbing together like some part of her needed to be in motion, all the time.

She thought she was doing a wonderful job of pretending that she didn't care about what Kiyomaro was doing.

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sherry’s eyes gleam in interest.  a competition.

[inserts entire lollipop into mouth]

He pulled out a gun and shot Sherri. Then he ate the Dark Mamodo’s book.

[sOURCED IT]

with her dying breaths, she finishes the lollipop

[stares intently and slowly takes the lollipop into her mouth]

kiyo interprets this as a sign of challenge. he knows he’s the main character and therefore cannot lose. [licking of book intensifies]

sherry's eyes gleam in interest.  a competition.

[inserts entire lollipop into mouth]

[seductively licks lollipop]

[seductively licks book]

[stares intently and slowly takes the lollipop into her mouth]

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Sherry crossed her arms. “Obviously not,” she refused to meet Suzy’s eyes, “I know where I’m going.”

Obviously, this was a complete lie and the Frenchwoman had somehow gotten lost going to wherever she’d been headed.

"Hmm, I see." Suzume said, wondering where the blonde was going but she keep it to herself since it wasn’t her business. "Well, I guess this isn’t your first time in Mochinoki city, eh?" 

It was a real struggle not to make an expression that gave away the fact that she hadn't even known the name of the city she was in.  Wait, that name sounded familiar.

"Kiyomaro...?" she mused aloud, forgetting that Suzume was present.

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"Yeah, I guessed that much.  I can’t believe it’s really that similar, huh…" she mused.  "I always wish I’d have asked Brago, but I was really hesitant to mention something like that."

"I guess some Mamodo’s just don’t want to answer" she shrugs a bit "Not that I can blame them..it’s hard to tell because humans may not understand or so I’ve heard" she said to her.

It was a little discomfiting to hear, somehow.  "I think..." Sherry replied slowly, "That anyone would have difficulty understanding something that is so inherently different from everything they know.  I can also see where they're coming from; people get scary about things they don't understand."