one thousand pages later

"So," Ban said suspiciously, "if I proofread your novel for you, you give me your word that you won't hang around Himiko for at least a week?"

Kagami put his hand to his chest. "My word on it."

"But why me?"

"Because I have a dream of being a great novelist," Kagami said gravely. "Because I believe that you will keep your word to do a thorough editing job on it, if only so you can cross out half my sentences."

"That's true," Ban agreed.

"And," Kagami said, "because I think you're the only person here who can actually spell."

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