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Fourteen times today, but the first someone has asked him if he's okay.
Later on, he will understand: it's the smallest bits of kindness that are the best. And their team is made of it—every time he stumbles, they pick him back up.
Viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivi!!!!!
Omake: "PRINCESS!" Steiner roared. "PRINCESS!!!"
Zidane smiled. He could keep up with the princess, even if Rusty couldn't. Twelve seconds later, a hysterical Knight of Pluto plummeted to the ground. clawing at the air as though it could sustain him.
CLUNK.
Zidane and Garnet both winced. It was like that time a stowaway Mu had made it onboard the Prima Vista; Blank had caught it by its tail accidentally and swung it around, finally releasing it. The racket had woken Baku--a heroic feat--and Zidane had nearly fallen off the side laughing.
This sound, though, was more like the sound an apple core made when thrown into a garbage can. Appropriate, Zidane thought through his mirth: except this time the apple was wearing the can.