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"Reki. I don't know very much French, but i'll try...What's her name?"

As they walk she quietly sings an old song, something from before. Songs, languages, knowledge, she had everything from before seven years but her memories.

Abel's gawping didn't bother her. She was used to new students in a state of simalteneous excitement and trepidation.

"It's nice to meet you, Reki." That sounds Japanese. But Abel won't embarrass himself trying to replicate a curtsy, or however it is people greet others in Japan. It's been too long since the tournament there to trust his memories.

Which is nothing new.

Abel bites his lower lip, sheepish. "I haven't named her yet. We had to move here so fast, I haven't had the chance." Nor can he think of a name with only six years worth of memories. Seems pointless to name your best friend something as overused as Milou or Bisou. "I want the name to mean something...you know?"

She thinks of all the other Haibane, and their names, from their dreams...Kana, who swims against the stiffest current, dreamy Nemu, free and boundlessly energetic Kuu, Hikari who's all sweetness and light, Rakka who fell to earth. Her eyes close for a moment in recollection.

"Yeah, it should. A name's very important."

She continues singing for the lost puppy. She's not too worried about it. She can always have Apollo track it down if they don't find it soon.

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He smiles softly, happy that someone agrees. It's such a small thing, but when most people treat you like a freak, even minor acts of grace are welcomed.

The fate of his puppy goes to the back burner of his mind as he loses himself into the song, following the lyrics, realizing he's read them somewhere before. "It's a poem, isn't it? What you're singing."

"It's familiar. It's beautiful."

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She nodded. Even though he'd come to her all flustered, she found herself relaxing. He gave off the same aura of calm as Nemu, even though he was at least two of her in size.

"I think it is. It's just something I remember." She was surprised she'd never googled it before, to tell the truth. She knew she didn't speak French, so knowing it was all the odder. But then since she didn't know anything past around her fourteenth year anyway...

"How do you say 'come here, little one'?"

"It is. I remember reading it." He relaxes, hunching slightly, lowering his guard. For someone who fights every day, it's a meaningful gesture, an opening he doesn't give to many.

"Wait, you don't even know what it means?" She didn't have much of an accent when she sang it. "Not a lot of people sing songs in foreign languages." He only hums them, French or English. "Tu veins ici, ma petite." Abel stops, shaking his head. "I think we're wasting our time, though. I should go get a piece of steak. She'll come running then."

She called that into the hallways but heard no sound of approaching pitter pattering puppy feet.

"All I recognize in it are 'grapes', 'wine' and 'kisses', so i'm guessing it's some kind of love song. I don't remember anything past seven years ago and I knew it then."

She removed her phone and began paging through her contacts for Apollo. She hated to rely on her students for favors but when it was a fluffy great pyrenees puppy at steak...stake, she thought she could be forgiven.

Abel goes wide-eyed, sudden interest obvious. "You're an amnesiac too!?" So interested, in fact, he forgets to keep his voice down. He scratches at the back of his neck, embarrassed, falling into whispers. "Sorry, it's just...I don't have any memories either."

She looked him over once more for signs of wings. Nope, he wasn't a Haibane. His excitement at finally finding someone like him was funny and a little sad.

Reki nodded. "Mmhmm." She opened the door to the grounds, thinking the puppy might have gotten out. It was a somewhat less chilly day, anemic sunlight struggling to get the feeling of spring through. "All I have are skills and knowledge, but no personal memories past that point. How far back is it for you?"

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