Part 473: Nowi B

How about here?

Hee hee! S-stop it! M-my backbone is very... t-t-ticklish!

Dang! This is harder than I thought... How about here? Is this your heart?

Ah ha ha! Now you're... t-tickling my ear!

How about here?

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha! N-not my s-sides! P-please!

Libra, we won't get anywhere if you don't start taking this seriously!

Hooo... I-I'm trying, Nowi. I just had no idea that I was so ticklish.

I'm just touching you! I'm hardly even moving my fingers!

I suppose it's because I'm not used to it. I've spent so much of my life trying to avoid simple human contact. Now the slightest touch makes my nervous system go into convulsions.

But why do you avoid touching people? Don't you like hugs even?

I suppose it's because I lost the ability to trust people and so... feared them instead.

Hmm. I can understand that. I mean, I was afraid of humans, too.

But you aren't anymore?

Nope! Well, maybe a little bit. But not as much as before. I mean, I know there's lots of scary humans around, but there're lots of nice ones, too.

I envy you. Fear still holds me in its grip, no matter how I try to overcome it.

Why don't I help you? For a start, I could introduce you to the nice people in camp.

Well, I suppose I'm willing to try if you are...