-RECORD 6-

"Sis!"

"Huh?"

"You did a good job!"

"Oh. It was nothi-Calai!"

"Ha ha ha!"

Since I finally found Calai, there was time to process what happened. However, there were inquiries left unanswered when I thought about it. What happened when we were walking in the forest? What happened when we fell toward the lava? How come Calai was fine when we were in an area of extreme heat? It was probably best to not create assumptions, no matter how it seemed.

"Sis? Where are we?"

I surveyed the scene. It seemed the area was more civilized than were the previous sections, which had a lot of stones and rocks. At the time of the recording, it seemed Pioneer 1 inhabitants were attempting to create an underground civilization because of how organized and structured the relics were. In fact, although there were still rocks and stone still being seen, some of the runways and rooms looked like sections of areas in Pioneer 2. It is no surprise, considering that Pioneer 2 is supposedly modeled after Pioneer 1. In that case, it should be normal to see these structures.

"Sis! Stop ignoring me!"

I discarded her complaint and said, "I assume the underground caves still."

Calai groaned as she crossed her arms. "It's boring... I want some action! I'm like so bored that I'd make out with the next thing I see!" She looked over to me with a smile.

"Calai," I said in a warning tone.

"He he! Just kidding! ... Or am I?"

"Calai!"

"Okay." Her hands rose up in surrender. "Okay. I got the point. Stop being a dick."

It was regrettable to find Calai so early. At least it was not as annoying with Ciello. But even so-

"Sis, I'm sorry, okay?" Her hand slipped into mine. "I swear that when we get back home, I'll do chores for a month. I swear on my good name."

"What good name?"

Calai frowned and gave a spunky flick to her hair, looking away as a result. However, her visual sensors moved back upon me and she laughed. Even so, I prefer Calai. I am optimized to cooperate with her instead of an over-dramatic Newman.

"Calai?"

"Hm?"

"What do you think we should do for Daddy when we return home?"

Calai paced ahead of me with her hands behind herself. "A cake. Totally a cake."

"A cake. Why?"

She made a steady noise as she continued to... think. "Us returning's praiseworthy and worth something to celebrate about, right? Besides, we know how Daddy loves cake."

"He would like it more if you did not consume all the icing like the previous twelve times."

"Hey," she said as she spun to face me as she walked backwards. "Icing is really good! Besides, one time when Daddy came home with some cake from those 'Cake Sisters,' you wouldn't eat your own cake if there was even a smidget of icing on your slice!"

"Correction: you lick it all off before I can even try some."

She gave a nervous laugh with a hand behind her head. "Darn you and your memory."

Yes. Indeed. Even if we argued, I would still prefer Calai.

-END RECORDING-
LOCATION: RAGOL
SCENE: UNDERGROUND SETTLEMENT