< Find A Way Out | Story
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What's wrong, boy?
Middle School Akito
...Eh, you're from RADder...why are you...
Ken
——Here, drink this. Mind if I sit here?
Middle School Akito
Ah, go ahead...
Sits
Ken
You sing here pretty often, don't you? I've seen you a couple of times.
Middle School Akito
KEN-san saw me...?
Ken
Yeah. I could hear your loud voice from a street or two over.
Middle School Akito
Ugh...
Ken
It was a good song, and it sounded like you were singing it with your head held high, so I remember it well.
Ken
If someone with that much energy is sitting around with a shadow over his face, of course I'm gonna wanna talk to him.
Middle School Akito
(...That makes me happy, but I feel so pathetic. I don't want the person I admire to see me like this.)
Middle School Akito
...
Ken
I dunno what's got you so down, but if it's not something you can solve alone, you can always try talking to people.
Ken
If you're stuck in a rut, sometimes all you can do is put it into words and spit it out. That goes for singing, and for life.
Middle School Akito
...
Middle School Akito
(...As if I'd do that. It'd be like crying all over him, I can't do something that lame...)
Middle School Akito
(But...if it's him, he might be able to teach me something. This person, who can sing such amazing songs.)
Middle School Akito
(And, if this person, like all the others, tells me I should just quit music...then I'll...)
Middle School Akito
(No, but...still...!)
Middle School Akito
...Today, I performed at an event at Crawl Green——
— Some time later —
Ken
I see. So you performed at that venue, and got beaten to a pulp.
Ken
And, are you frustrated you got beat? From the looks of it, it doesn't seem like that's all it is——
Middle School Akito
...Of course. I'm frustrated that I got made fun of, and that there was nothing I could do about it, but...
Middle School Akito
But, more than that, I——I can't forgive myself for dragging the venue's name through the mud.
Ken
...Can't forgive yourself, huh...
Middle School Akito
——Even if I lost, even if I wasn't good enough, if I kept putting in the effort and upping my strength, all I had to was get back at them. I thought that'd be enough.
Middle School Akito
But...because I thought that, this happened.
Ken
...And, what's your plan now?
Middle School Akito
...
Middle School Akito
...I don't wanna give up, but...
Middle School Akito
I...I just can't believe in myself.
Middle School Akito
No matter how much effort I put in, I have my limits...some part of me feels that way.
Ken
...I get it. You can't forgive yourself for allowing your resolve to waver.
Ken
If you're acknowledging your limits, then maybe that's where your limits are.
Middle School Akito
...That's what I was thinking.
Ken
But——if that's the case, all you have to do is surpass those limits.
Ken
The mind is something that wavers so easily. Is this as far as I can go? There's nothing beyond this point.
Ken
That's why, in those times, you have to trust your heart over your mind. You have to move forward to the rhythm of your heartbeat, and let your body follow.
Ken
Your body's more direct about what it wants, and it'll keep it simple.
Middle School Akito
My body...
Ken
Yeah. Even if you're feeling down, no matter how painful things get, if your body says it wants to keep singing——
Ken
When that happens, don't give up singing. If you wanna surpass your limits, that's your only option.
Middle School Akito
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