[ from the sounds of it, everyone who turns up here has been here for a while -- even if there's the chance of just disappearing whenever the world whims it to happen, going by how many people have already said they've been here for months, she knows better than to hope she'll be any kind of exception. ]

There's too many people in on this for it to be any kinda joke...

[ she says it like she's confirming it for herself more than anything else and then shakes her head with a little sigh. ]

You're right, though... I mean, I thought it'd be weird havin' Kirarin runnin' around after me, but it already feels... normal. Like not havin' her there would be weirder.