[ The wind is still blustering outside, but the last howls of the typhoon battering the city seem to be easing off at last, or at the least receding enough that you no longer feel like you've about to get swept clean off your feet every time there's a gust. It's still grim enough that you probably wouldn't want to be out in it if you could help it...

So why's Ai at the living room door with a smile on her face and holding up Aqua's coat for him? W–why is she already wearing her own? ]

Aqua! You're not busy, are you? I thought I'd run to the store now the weather's picked up a little and I could use an extra pair of hands to carry things.

[ Smiiiiiiile. Surely there's no ulterior motive here. ]