A Den Tale

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(Den flies to school, however, when he gets there…)

Den: Closed? What happened here?

Student: So, like, since there are monsters invading the city and stuff, we're like, going to go to another city, like, live for a while, in a mansion, like, a temporary house, y'know-

Den: … I didn't know

Student: Like, I'm sorry if my way of speaking is weird

Den: Okay, whatever

Student: Wait, aren't you Den?

Den: Uh..yeah, and aren't you Hoshi?

Hoshi: Y-you know my name?!

Den: yeah..? We study together

Hoshi: Oh! Yeah! Yeah! Sorry!

Den: Anyway.. uh..

Hoshi: I'm a big fan of you! Is- is it true that you destroyed the city?

Den: no, no, NO, I didn't destroy it, it was all a misunderstanding

Hoshi: But everyone is saying it was you

Den: Because they are stupid and don't know how to listen to a single word

Hoshi: Oh, right
Everyone hates you, but just to let you know, I'll support you! You don't deserve all this, cutie!

Den: Ah-

(Den shy for a moment)

Den: W-well

Hoshi: Are you..okay?

Den: Y-yeah! I gotta go! Cya!-

(Den leaves ashamed)

…

Den: (Damn, this is spreading throughout the city, I'm in so much trouble, I thought it wouldn't be a problem but... this is spreading too much...
And, that girl..uh..she's..shes pretty-
Wait- I can't think about that..I have more important things to do..
But- she's so-)

(But before Den thinks about, the souls appear after so long)

Den: AH, HI! finally y'all decided to show up again
Thanks for showing up in a time that I needed-

Lost Souls: Hello again, Den, we came to talk about our powers

Den: Okay?

Lost Souls: We will improve our attacks and objects, however, it'll take time, you will have to get another power to sustain yourself and replace our powers gave for you, at least for a while

Den: One more?

Lost Souls: We know you don't like-

Den: Who said I don't like it? The more the strength, better will it be, anyway, I'll see what I can do..

Lost Souls: Oh, right then...
We'll see later, although the conversation was short, we hope it has some relevant effect
And we have an final warning, this can maybe be a bad new

Den: What is it?

Lost Souls: We're going to "disappear" while we improve our attacks

Den: Yeah you said that it'll take a while
Wait, so it's kinda like an maintenance?

Lost Souls: While we work on improving our skills and techniques, we will not be able to help you
This is why we asked you to have an new power to replace our power with something instead of having nothing

Den: Well, I understand then, probably I'm going to ask someone to do new equipment for me

Lost Souls: Right, now, good luck, and don't die.