"Well, what sort of punishment will we receive?" Mirai asked. "I believe the problem they're in is that they need us. So there is something to be gained here. What are we going to gain from them? Well, we have these spirits anyway."

He gave a nice smile and tapped above his temple with a finger. But also he was finding that he didn't want to talk about it, and waved the same hand. His smile was lit instead with a wry curiousness.

"But Mii-chan, you never answered. Shall we go to the park? Or do you want to see a film?"