Hi from reality English (2023-2024)

Cleanup

"You claim that everyone is equal, yet you only associate with them," Golden Maiden said, shaking her head towards the Five. "You fly off with them, lead them to the Tower, and visit them in the evenings! I cook just as well as Sharizat, and I read no less! Do we not deserve your attention?"

Ladzoy let out a nervous smirk, his honey eyes darkening as they fixed on the student. He was ready to respond, but Edos warmly placed a hand in front of his friend, stopping him.

"So you don't want to, Talayla," said Edos.

He smiled his usual sunny and bright smile, stood up easily, and surveyed the class.

"Don't want to? I'm simply not invited to all these gatherings! If they stand and laugh at something, and when I approach, they fall silent. I've asked Sard several times where their party is, and he always says it's not a party! Of course, then I hear them sitting in a room laughing! And the music! And you say I don't want that?!"

The girl was breathless with indignation.

"You don't want to," Edos repeated, "when we were clearing the rubble in locked rooms, you said to do it without you. When we flew southeast to turn waves into rivers, you said you were fine in the capital. When we flew to clean up trash on Tamatis, you said trash was outside your interests. So it's not that you don't deserve it, you just don't want it. And Ladzoy goes with them along Kan-Dziru to clean up trash. They meet to discuss the cleanup. You'd be bored at their parties. And you'd have nothing to discuss with them. And they go to the Tower to report what they've greened, where they've cleaned. There too..." Edos smiled warmly and sparklingly, "is a Cleaner."

Many in the class smiled involuntarily.

"And if I don't want to engage in all that, does that make me worse than the others?"

Ladzoy made a barely perceptible movement, intending to respond again. Edos, without looking at him, squeezed his shoulder.

"We have no hierarchy of comparison. But you have nothing to do with those who want to engage in all that. You'd be bored with them, and they with you," Edos replied.

Ladzoy nodded enthusiastically in agreement, smiling predatorily.

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"How many more and whom do I need to kill to earn the right to ask for all the townspeople to be expelled?" Ladzoy looked after the students and turned his gaze to Edos.

Golden Wing laughed warmly and gently shook his shoulder.

"Ladzoy, just wait a bit, we'll set everything up and transfer you to the best planet of Kan-Dziru for the best! Everyone there will be just like you. Or do you want us to put you to work with the best right now?"

"No. This is my world, and it's mine to clean. I don't want to walk on swept paths. I want all paths to be swept."

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