ADJUSTMENTS
Chii could only sob softly into P-Hideki's shoulder as he embraced her after that kiss. She couldn't believe it. She had just attended his funeral and now Hideki, her only one, was back in her life. A persocom he was, but in her heart she needed no further proof that this WAS Hideki. Her tears flowed freely as she deepened her embrace. She was about to relish the moment more when P-Hideki suddenly held her shoulders.
"Eh? Oh my god! I'm naked! Yyaaaaaaa!!!" P-Hideki screamed as he suddenly ran about the room, looking for something to cover himself.
Holo-Hibiya couldn't believe what she saw. Apparently, the consciousness- transfer process was more successful and thorough than she originally expected as Hideki-persocom was acting a LOT like the Hideki of old. Her musings were cut short as P-Hideki ran into a wall and knocked himself out.
"Clothes.....I need clothes. Must not let Chii see me like this...." P-Hideki mumbled as he passed out.
Chii was dumbfounded by what transpired and was standing idly where she and P-Hideki were embracing just mere moments ago. She let out a sigh then proceeded to help P-Hideki up and take him to his old room. She was almost at the stairs when Holo-Hibiya called out to her.
"Chii?"
"Yes, mother?"
"I advise you to keep a close watch on Hideki. Take good care of him as he learns to adjust to a new life as a persocom. No one else can show him better than you," Holo-Hibiya advised.
Chii nodded in assent then took P-Hideki out of the chamber.
About three hours passed before P-Hideki regained consciousness. He immediately sat upright as his vision cleared.
"Where am I? I'm....I'm in my room! And I'm dressed!" P-Hideki remarked to himself.
He did a quick scan of his surroundings and what he saw confirmed his suspicions. Indeed, he was back in his old room, the one he rented upon first arriving in Tokyo for prep-school. A quick mental calculation with internal calendar and P-Hideki realized why everything looked old.
"Are you alright, Hideki?" Chii asked.
P-Hideki turned to Chii and nodded in reply. He was about to start a conversation when he looked past Chii and saw the various boxes gathered on one side of the room. Most were sealed already and seemed ready for transport save for two which were still open. P-Hideki stood up and approached the two unsealed boxes. He saw that the second box was actually reopened and this was filled with his old clothes. A chilly breeze blew in and he felt drafty and as P-Hideki went to close the window, he saw that the clothes he was currently wearing were quite worn and the shirt actually has a hole eaten into it, presumably by a moth.
"You were about to move out, huh? And you kept all of my things, Chii?" P- Hideki asked Chii to which she just nodded in assent.
P-Hideki went to inspect the other box and his face turned red as he saw the contents: his collection of "hentai" magazines or rather the remaining copies that were still intact.
"I see. Whoa! You even kept these," P-Hideki stated albeit embarrassedly.
"Those are Hideki's.....your treasures and they are mine as well," Chii added.
P-Hideki could only look at Chii in awe at what she just said. Her vernacular skill had improved greatly and even though he was yet to recall every memory of the past thirty or more years, he knew that it wouldn't be surprising to learn he'd been the one who taught her that. He found a better pair of pants and shirt to change into then turned towards the door.
"I'll just change into something better, Chii. Don't go anywhere......eh?" P- Hideki was cut short as he felt Chii grab his hand as he was heading for the door.
"I....I....please don't leave me, Hideki. I want to be with you," Chii said as she looked at him in earnest.
P-Hideki saw the immense sadness that still lingered in Chii as he looked into her eyes. He couldn't bring himself to deny her that simple request. He almost forgot the fact that he just died quite recently and were it not for this sudden development, Chii was getting ready to live a life without him.
"Okay, Chii. Let's go to Ms. Hibiya's room so I can use the full-length mirror there," P-Hideki declared so that the moment's tension could be relieved.
A few short steps and the two were in Ms. Hibiya's quarters. P-Hideki was inside the bathroom changing his clothes while Chii waited by the door. He set the newer clothes on the dressing-table and then proceeded to disrobe. P-Hideki was surprised as he unwiitingly found himself facing the mirror of a medicine cabinet. His face: this was the first time he saw his face as a persocom and what he saw was nothing short of amazing. He looked the way he did when he first came to Gabu Jogasaki. He was almost lost in awe when he saw the clothes he was wearing: they were the same set of clothes he often wore to prep-school before.
"No wonder they look so worn," P-Hideki noted.
A quick-change and he exited the bathroom.
"I'm done changing, Chii. How do I look?" P-Hideki asked.
Chii looked at him, eyeing him from head to foot. She was still at a loss for words so she showed her appreciation the only way she knew how.
"Well Chii, what do you think? I look like I haven't aged a day, right?" This is pretty amazing, I have to say. Don't you agree..........mmmmmppphhh....!!!" was all P-Hideki could say as he found Chii's lips locked onto his own, silencing him. He was surprised but he soon settled into it.
They stayed that way for a few minutes, each relishing an experience that had long become impossible when Hideki got too old and too frail. P-Hideki realized that he couldn't recall the memory of his old age. He remembered hearing the holo-Hibiya saying something like how she was unable to record the last ten or twenty years or so of Hideki's....his life when she was still alive so the memories would remain incomplete. He wondered how much impact such a lack would make on his new life as a persocom. His thoughts were interrupted when Chii broke the kiss and nuzzled into his shoulders.
"There now Chii, I missed you too," P-Hideki soothed.
"Hey, if that's what I get every time I change my clothes now, I'm going to have to keep changing into new ones every so often!" P-Hideki teased.
"I just missed you so much, that's all. If that's the way you'll show appreciation over it, then I guess I shouldn't bother you at all," Chii teased back as she wiped away her tears and turned away from P-Hideki.
Chii was about to walk away from P-Hideki to add to the teasing when P- Hideki suddenly froze in his tracks just as he was about to follow her and scoop her into his arms. An overhead beam was giving way due to wear and tear and unfortunately, Chii was right smack under it.
"Chii! Look Out!" P-Hideki screamed with great panic in his voice as he realized he wouldn't reach her in time.
The next few seconds would prove to be mind-boggling for P-Hideki. He felt like he suddenly lost conscious-control of himself and he could only register that his body was moving really fast; rushing towards Chii. He saw how he grabbed Chii and then rolled themselves away from the collapsing rubble. He felt complete control return when everything quieted down.
"Are you okay, Chii?" he asked.
"Yes, I am," she replied.
P-Hideki was lost in thought as they returned to his old room. He knew he would be too late to save Chii from getting hurt but he knew that he was suddenly moving really fast.
"How in the world did I do that?" P-Hideki mused. He would've gone on thinking if not for a sudden sensation that he felt in himself. His stomach rumbled.
"Eh? I must be hungry. Chii, is there anything to eat around here? I'm quite hungry," P-Hideki stated.
"I'll go down and buy something from a convenience-store. A newer one opened near here about three years ago. Would you like one or two bowls of ramen?" Chii asked.
"Make it three. I'm really hungry!" P-Hideki replied.
He watched as Chii went out then watched her as she walked out of the compound.
"Man, but I am really starving! I hope she comes back really quick. Oh, well....let's see.... What can I do in the meantime?" P-Hideki thought to himself.
He decided to sort through his clothes so that the reasonably better ones weren't stored away. He then proceeded to seal up the other remaining unsealed box. He saw the various magazines that he'd collected over the years, quickly scanning those favorite issues that were intact. He had to chuckle to himself as he recalled how Chii often referred to these magazines as his "side-dishes" and even Sumomo and Kotoko did the same. He made a mental note of how he had to remind Chii to change his password to something else other than "SIDE DISH". His amusement died down as he realized that something was odd with what he had just been thinking about. He was a persocom now; the password and recent incident in Ms. Hibiya's quarters would attest to that. So why was it that he felt hungry? In all the time he and Chii were together, he remembered that Chii never ate. Yuzuki didn't, Sumomo didn't, in fact he remembered Shinbo scolding him about his forgetting to recharge Chii in the sunlight or from a power- outlet when he first found her. Persocoms did NOT eat to get energy. So why WAS he hungry? His stomach rumbled anew as Chii returned from the store bearing three cups of instant noodles to which Chii already added hot water and a few meat-filled buns.
"Here you go, Hideki. I hope you like these," Chii beamed as she served him the food.
"Th-thanks, Chii," he said as he sat down on the floor beside a small serving table that Chii undoubtedly retrieved from storage on the way back.
P-Hideki looked at the ramen and buns, not quite sure of what to do with them. He was about to say something when the aroma of the food wafted into his nose, making his mouth water and his stomach rumble even more. P-Hideki dug in.
The meal was finished almost immediately and soon, P-Hideki was sitting contentedly near the window.
"Did you like the food, Hideki?" Chii asked.
"Yes I did, Chii. Thanks!" he replied even as his smile lessened somewhat.
"Are you sure? You suddenly seem serious," Chii added.
"I do, don't I?" P-Hideki asked to which Chii nodded.
"Well, the food was great but that's just it. I'm a persocom now. I'm not supposed to eat anymore nor feel hunger at all, right?" P-Hideki declared. His slight confusion was heightened by a sudden burp that followed his statement.
He and Chii laughed after he burped. Chii however, was thinking about what P-Hideki just said and she agreed that it was quite strange for a persocom to do all those things.
"And not just that. Do you remember just this afternoon when we were in your mother quarters? I thought I wouldn't reach you in time but I was able to save you," P-Hideki added.
Chii could only nod I agreement at what P-Hideki said. She recalled seeing the panic in his eyes as the collapsed beam was falling towards her. P- Hideki's eyes changed in a split-second into something odd yet familiar as he suddenly got faster and saved her. She was thinking about where she had seen that look but couldn't quite recall. Indeed, Chii would be unable to recall any incident like that at all as back then, she was the reason why other persocoms' eyes would change as they zoned out in a way whenever someone tried to touch her in the way that only Hideki should. P-Hideki however, did remember those incidents especially that time when Dragonfly kidnapped Chii. He then came to a decision and got up.
"Well, I'm tired. The day is practically over so we'd best get ready to call it a night. We have to fix that collapsed beam tomorrow, right Chii?" P-Hideki declared.
They soon tidied up. P-Hideki was rolling out the sleeping mats and blankets while Chii fluffed up their pillows. P-Hideki was caught off-guard when Chii asked why he had sealed the box containing his magazines.
"I don't feel like reading them right now, Chii. And anyway, those are old issues now," he explained.
P-Hideki saw Chii getting deflated somewhat so he took her into his arms and lay down on the mats.
"I'd much rather spend more time with you, Chii," he said as he inhaled the scent of her hair, prompting her to snuggle up to him even more.
"Goodnight, Chii!"
"Goodnight, Hideki!"
The two shared a deep kiss then fell asleep.
Morning found P-Hideki and Chii repairing the collapsed beam in Ms. Hibiya's room. P-Hideki had temporarily propped up the new beam into place then went up into the room directly above it.
"Chii, you stay here and make sure the pole stays in place. I'm going up to remove the weight that I bet is causing this collapse," P-Hideki directed.
Indeed, he was sure that a certain piece of machinery or equipment was the cause of the collapse. He had gone into that room above Ms. Hibiya's quarters once before with Sumomo and that's where he found a network of wires, cables, and power conduits. Upon entering the room, he saw that he was right. A heavy piece of what seemed to be a power-transformer or regulator was slightly out of place, no doubt tilted as the floor and beam under it was the one that gave way.
"Now how in the world do I move this?" he mused.
P-Hideki decided to slide the piece of machinery back towards a more stable area near it so he could reinforce the flooring with new wood and a metal sheet. Judging from its appearance, he was sure that it was really heavy. He turned off the main switch so as not to damage anything then decided to use a lever of some sort so as to augment his effort. After finding a pole that seemed adequate, he shifted it into position and applied pressure on his end. P-Hideki was surprised when the structure moved rather easily. He started moving the various cables then proceeded to reinforce the floor area. As he worked, he found that the light from his lamp was inadequate so he went and restored power to the room. As the lights turned on, P-Hideki went back to his work. He finished quickly and rested for a few minutes as he inspected his work. As he sat, he looked around the room, making a mental note to inspect the whole area after he finished downstairs. He then repositioned the machinery back into the place where it was before. As he made final-checks, he saw the sticker where the specs were printed and what he read startled him. The power-regulator weighed a lot, 300 lbs. to be exact. P-Hideki recalled that he wasn't a fitness buff at all during his "other" life so how was he able to move it? He gingerly tried moving the said apparatus again. Incredibly, he was able to move it.
P-Hideki was still lost in thought as he finished fixing the room below. He and Chii started tidying up the place. As they went on, his mind was still churning.
"First, Chii's rescue, then the food, now this? What kind of persocom am I?" P-Hideki thought.
His mind wandering, P-Hideki failed to see that his vacuum-nozzle nudged a crystal cat-figurine from its place. He wouldn't have noticed if Chii hadn't alerted him of it.
"Hideki! You knocked something over!"
"Huh?!! What?!! Ggnnyyaaahh!!" was all he could say as he snapped back into reality.
But once again, P-Hideki felt himself zoning out the same way he did when he rescued Chii yesterday. He saw as he caught the figurine mere milliseconds before it hit the floor. He stood up and replaced the figurine.
"You saved it, Hideki!" Chii enthused.
"I know. And I still don't know how I did that," P-Hideki replied.
"You mean it happened again, Hideki?" Chii asked.
P-Hideki could only nod in assent as he was lost in thought about the whole thing.
"What do we do now? You think this is a bad thing, Hideki?" Chii added.
"I don't think it's bad but I guess there's only one way to find out," P- Hideki declared.
"How?" Chii asked.
"We ask your mother," P-Hideki replied
Chii could only sob softly into P-Hideki's shoulder as he embraced her after that kiss. She couldn't believe it. She had just attended his funeral and now Hideki, her only one, was back in her life. A persocom he was, but in her heart she needed no further proof that this WAS Hideki. Her tears flowed freely as she deepened her embrace. She was about to relish the moment more when P-Hideki suddenly held her shoulders.
"Eh? Oh my god! I'm naked! Yyaaaaaaa!!!" P-Hideki screamed as he suddenly ran about the room, looking for something to cover himself.
Holo-Hibiya couldn't believe what she saw. Apparently, the consciousness- transfer process was more successful and thorough than she originally expected as Hideki-persocom was acting a LOT like the Hideki of old. Her musings were cut short as P-Hideki ran into a wall and knocked himself out.
"Clothes.....I need clothes. Must not let Chii see me like this...." P-Hideki mumbled as he passed out.
Chii was dumbfounded by what transpired and was standing idly where she and P-Hideki were embracing just mere moments ago. She let out a sigh then proceeded to help P-Hideki up and take him to his old room. She was almost at the stairs when Holo-Hibiya called out to her.
"Chii?"
"Yes, mother?"
"I advise you to keep a close watch on Hideki. Take good care of him as he learns to adjust to a new life as a persocom. No one else can show him better than you," Holo-Hibiya advised.
Chii nodded in assent then took P-Hideki out of the chamber.
About three hours passed before P-Hideki regained consciousness. He immediately sat upright as his vision cleared.
"Where am I? I'm....I'm in my room! And I'm dressed!" P-Hideki remarked to himself.
He did a quick scan of his surroundings and what he saw confirmed his suspicions. Indeed, he was back in his old room, the one he rented upon first arriving in Tokyo for prep-school. A quick mental calculation with internal calendar and P-Hideki realized why everything looked old.
"Are you alright, Hideki?" Chii asked.
P-Hideki turned to Chii and nodded in reply. He was about to start a conversation when he looked past Chii and saw the various boxes gathered on one side of the room. Most were sealed already and seemed ready for transport save for two which were still open. P-Hideki stood up and approached the two unsealed boxes. He saw that the second box was actually reopened and this was filled with his old clothes. A chilly breeze blew in and he felt drafty and as P-Hideki went to close the window, he saw that the clothes he was currently wearing were quite worn and the shirt actually has a hole eaten into it, presumably by a moth.
"You were about to move out, huh? And you kept all of my things, Chii?" P- Hideki asked Chii to which she just nodded in assent.
P-Hideki went to inspect the other box and his face turned red as he saw the contents: his collection of "hentai" magazines or rather the remaining copies that were still intact.
"I see. Whoa! You even kept these," P-Hideki stated albeit embarrassedly.
"Those are Hideki's.....your treasures and they are mine as well," Chii added.
P-Hideki could only look at Chii in awe at what she just said. Her vernacular skill had improved greatly and even though he was yet to recall every memory of the past thirty or more years, he knew that it wouldn't be surprising to learn he'd been the one who taught her that. He found a better pair of pants and shirt to change into then turned towards the door.
"I'll just change into something better, Chii. Don't go anywhere......eh?" P- Hideki was cut short as he felt Chii grab his hand as he was heading for the door.
"I....I....please don't leave me, Hideki. I want to be with you," Chii said as she looked at him in earnest.
P-Hideki saw the immense sadness that still lingered in Chii as he looked into her eyes. He couldn't bring himself to deny her that simple request. He almost forgot the fact that he just died quite recently and were it not for this sudden development, Chii was getting ready to live a life without him.
"Okay, Chii. Let's go to Ms. Hibiya's room so I can use the full-length mirror there," P-Hideki declared so that the moment's tension could be relieved.
A few short steps and the two were in Ms. Hibiya's quarters. P-Hideki was inside the bathroom changing his clothes while Chii waited by the door. He set the newer clothes on the dressing-table and then proceeded to disrobe. P-Hideki was surprised as he unwiitingly found himself facing the mirror of a medicine cabinet. His face: this was the first time he saw his face as a persocom and what he saw was nothing short of amazing. He looked the way he did when he first came to Gabu Jogasaki. He was almost lost in awe when he saw the clothes he was wearing: they were the same set of clothes he often wore to prep-school before.
"No wonder they look so worn," P-Hideki noted.
A quick-change and he exited the bathroom.
"I'm done changing, Chii. How do I look?" P-Hideki asked.
Chii looked at him, eyeing him from head to foot. She was still at a loss for words so she showed her appreciation the only way she knew how.
"Well Chii, what do you think? I look like I haven't aged a day, right?" This is pretty amazing, I have to say. Don't you agree..........mmmmmppphhh....!!!" was all P-Hideki could say as he found Chii's lips locked onto his own, silencing him. He was surprised but he soon settled into it.
They stayed that way for a few minutes, each relishing an experience that had long become impossible when Hideki got too old and too frail. P-Hideki realized that he couldn't recall the memory of his old age. He remembered hearing the holo-Hibiya saying something like how she was unable to record the last ten or twenty years or so of Hideki's....his life when she was still alive so the memories would remain incomplete. He wondered how much impact such a lack would make on his new life as a persocom. His thoughts were interrupted when Chii broke the kiss and nuzzled into his shoulders.
"There now Chii, I missed you too," P-Hideki soothed.
"Hey, if that's what I get every time I change my clothes now, I'm going to have to keep changing into new ones every so often!" P-Hideki teased.
"I just missed you so much, that's all. If that's the way you'll show appreciation over it, then I guess I shouldn't bother you at all," Chii teased back as she wiped away her tears and turned away from P-Hideki.
Chii was about to walk away from P-Hideki to add to the teasing when P- Hideki suddenly froze in his tracks just as he was about to follow her and scoop her into his arms. An overhead beam was giving way due to wear and tear and unfortunately, Chii was right smack under it.
"Chii! Look Out!" P-Hideki screamed with great panic in his voice as he realized he wouldn't reach her in time.
The next few seconds would prove to be mind-boggling for P-Hideki. He felt like he suddenly lost conscious-control of himself and he could only register that his body was moving really fast; rushing towards Chii. He saw how he grabbed Chii and then rolled themselves away from the collapsing rubble. He felt complete control return when everything quieted down.
"Are you okay, Chii?" he asked.
"Yes, I am," she replied.
P-Hideki was lost in thought as they returned to his old room. He knew he would be too late to save Chii from getting hurt but he knew that he was suddenly moving really fast.
"How in the world did I do that?" P-Hideki mused. He would've gone on thinking if not for a sudden sensation that he felt in himself. His stomach rumbled.
"Eh? I must be hungry. Chii, is there anything to eat around here? I'm quite hungry," P-Hideki stated.
"I'll go down and buy something from a convenience-store. A newer one opened near here about three years ago. Would you like one or two bowls of ramen?" Chii asked.
"Make it three. I'm really hungry!" P-Hideki replied.
He watched as Chii went out then watched her as she walked out of the compound.
"Man, but I am really starving! I hope she comes back really quick. Oh, well....let's see.... What can I do in the meantime?" P-Hideki thought to himself.
He decided to sort through his clothes so that the reasonably better ones weren't stored away. He then proceeded to seal up the other remaining unsealed box. He saw the various magazines that he'd collected over the years, quickly scanning those favorite issues that were intact. He had to chuckle to himself as he recalled how Chii often referred to these magazines as his "side-dishes" and even Sumomo and Kotoko did the same. He made a mental note of how he had to remind Chii to change his password to something else other than "SIDE DISH". His amusement died down as he realized that something was odd with what he had just been thinking about. He was a persocom now; the password and recent incident in Ms. Hibiya's quarters would attest to that. So why was it that he felt hungry? In all the time he and Chii were together, he remembered that Chii never ate. Yuzuki didn't, Sumomo didn't, in fact he remembered Shinbo scolding him about his forgetting to recharge Chii in the sunlight or from a power- outlet when he first found her. Persocoms did NOT eat to get energy. So why WAS he hungry? His stomach rumbled anew as Chii returned from the store bearing three cups of instant noodles to which Chii already added hot water and a few meat-filled buns.
"Here you go, Hideki. I hope you like these," Chii beamed as she served him the food.
"Th-thanks, Chii," he said as he sat down on the floor beside a small serving table that Chii undoubtedly retrieved from storage on the way back.
P-Hideki looked at the ramen and buns, not quite sure of what to do with them. He was about to say something when the aroma of the food wafted into his nose, making his mouth water and his stomach rumble even more. P-Hideki dug in.
The meal was finished almost immediately and soon, P-Hideki was sitting contentedly near the window.
"Did you like the food, Hideki?" Chii asked.
"Yes I did, Chii. Thanks!" he replied even as his smile lessened somewhat.
"Are you sure? You suddenly seem serious," Chii added.
"I do, don't I?" P-Hideki asked to which Chii nodded.
"Well, the food was great but that's just it. I'm a persocom now. I'm not supposed to eat anymore nor feel hunger at all, right?" P-Hideki declared. His slight confusion was heightened by a sudden burp that followed his statement.
He and Chii laughed after he burped. Chii however, was thinking about what P-Hideki just said and she agreed that it was quite strange for a persocom to do all those things.
"And not just that. Do you remember just this afternoon when we were in your mother quarters? I thought I wouldn't reach you in time but I was able to save you," P-Hideki added.
Chii could only nod I agreement at what P-Hideki said. She recalled seeing the panic in his eyes as the collapsed beam was falling towards her. P- Hideki's eyes changed in a split-second into something odd yet familiar as he suddenly got faster and saved her. She was thinking about where she had seen that look but couldn't quite recall. Indeed, Chii would be unable to recall any incident like that at all as back then, she was the reason why other persocoms' eyes would change as they zoned out in a way whenever someone tried to touch her in the way that only Hideki should. P-Hideki however, did remember those incidents especially that time when Dragonfly kidnapped Chii. He then came to a decision and got up.
"Well, I'm tired. The day is practically over so we'd best get ready to call it a night. We have to fix that collapsed beam tomorrow, right Chii?" P-Hideki declared.
They soon tidied up. P-Hideki was rolling out the sleeping mats and blankets while Chii fluffed up their pillows. P-Hideki was caught off-guard when Chii asked why he had sealed the box containing his magazines.
"I don't feel like reading them right now, Chii. And anyway, those are old issues now," he explained.
P-Hideki saw Chii getting deflated somewhat so he took her into his arms and lay down on the mats.
"I'd much rather spend more time with you, Chii," he said as he inhaled the scent of her hair, prompting her to snuggle up to him even more.
"Goodnight, Chii!"
"Goodnight, Hideki!"
The two shared a deep kiss then fell asleep.
Morning found P-Hideki and Chii repairing the collapsed beam in Ms. Hibiya's room. P-Hideki had temporarily propped up the new beam into place then went up into the room directly above it.
"Chii, you stay here and make sure the pole stays in place. I'm going up to remove the weight that I bet is causing this collapse," P-Hideki directed.
Indeed, he was sure that a certain piece of machinery or equipment was the cause of the collapse. He had gone into that room above Ms. Hibiya's quarters once before with Sumomo and that's where he found a network of wires, cables, and power conduits. Upon entering the room, he saw that he was right. A heavy piece of what seemed to be a power-transformer or regulator was slightly out of place, no doubt tilted as the floor and beam under it was the one that gave way.
"Now how in the world do I move this?" he mused.
P-Hideki decided to slide the piece of machinery back towards a more stable area near it so he could reinforce the flooring with new wood and a metal sheet. Judging from its appearance, he was sure that it was really heavy. He turned off the main switch so as not to damage anything then decided to use a lever of some sort so as to augment his effort. After finding a pole that seemed adequate, he shifted it into position and applied pressure on his end. P-Hideki was surprised when the structure moved rather easily. He started moving the various cables then proceeded to reinforce the floor area. As he worked, he found that the light from his lamp was inadequate so he went and restored power to the room. As the lights turned on, P-Hideki went back to his work. He finished quickly and rested for a few minutes as he inspected his work. As he sat, he looked around the room, making a mental note to inspect the whole area after he finished downstairs. He then repositioned the machinery back into the place where it was before. As he made final-checks, he saw the sticker where the specs were printed and what he read startled him. The power-regulator weighed a lot, 300 lbs. to be exact. P-Hideki recalled that he wasn't a fitness buff at all during his "other" life so how was he able to move it? He gingerly tried moving the said apparatus again. Incredibly, he was able to move it.
P-Hideki was still lost in thought as he finished fixing the room below. He and Chii started tidying up the place. As they went on, his mind was still churning.
"First, Chii's rescue, then the food, now this? What kind of persocom am I?" P-Hideki thought.
His mind wandering, P-Hideki failed to see that his vacuum-nozzle nudged a crystal cat-figurine from its place. He wouldn't have noticed if Chii hadn't alerted him of it.
"Hideki! You knocked something over!"
"Huh?!! What?!! Ggnnyyaaahh!!" was all he could say as he snapped back into reality.
But once again, P-Hideki felt himself zoning out the same way he did when he rescued Chii yesterday. He saw as he caught the figurine mere milliseconds before it hit the floor. He stood up and replaced the figurine.
"You saved it, Hideki!" Chii enthused.
"I know. And I still don't know how I did that," P-Hideki replied.
"You mean it happened again, Hideki?" Chii asked.
P-Hideki could only nod in assent as he was lost in thought about the whole thing.
"What do we do now? You think this is a bad thing, Hideki?" Chii added.
"I don't think it's bad but I guess there's only one way to find out," P- Hideki declared.
"How?" Chii asked.
"We ask your mother," P-Hideki replied
