A Centaur's Life (セントールの悩み)

A dinosaur!

No, she's not.

I know! She's a snake!

This is Quetzalcoatl-san, the Antarctican.

Antarctica?

Quetz... Quet... Que... Que...

Que-chan.

I would rather you use my given name, Sassassul, please.

Okay. Suu-chan, then.

Pleased to meet you.

Suu-chan-oneechan, open your mouth.

Do it again.

Girls! Don't be rude!

I'm sorry about my sisters.

It's fine.

It's much better for me if they approach without hesitation.

Hello, Sue-chan.

Well? She said hello to you.

He... ll... o...

She's not like her big sis at all, huh?

The Chisters are just like her, though.

Please don't do that. My neck will break.

When I was in my early elementary school years,

my nickname was "the doll," though...

Nee-chan, we're all sweaty now.

The sweat will wash off in the pool.

Oh, yeah! The pool!

Hurry and come to the pool with us, Hime-neechan and everyone else!

No running!

I changed all by myself!

Good job.

Yeah!

We changed by ourselves, too!

That's not as hard for you three.

Hmph!

Come on, let's go.

You really don't have any.

My kind don't need to nurse our young.

Besides, I could say the same for you two...

We don't need to nurse young right now.

Nope, no need.

It's deep in the middle, huh?

Here!

Hime-neetan, I can't swim here.

That's true. Your feet touch the bottom.

What's wrong?

Well...

I'm actually afraid of water.

Huh?

When it's this shallow?

The depth is not the issue.

Being in water is what frightens me.

In Antarctica, falling into the water means certain death.

Don't you have hot springs and stuff?

Since we don't have sweat glands,

bathing is not a custom of our kind.

We do clean our bodies, however.

I'm impressed you made it across the ocean.

Well, people who can't fly travel through the air, too.

Come on, snake lady, hurry up!

Wh... I can't... Wait!

This way!

Are you dead?

I'm alive.

Mew...

Are you okay?

Mew...

You're so cute!

Isn't she?

Well, we're gonna go swim in the racing pool for a bit.

Coming, Hime?

I'll stay here.

Hime-neetan.

I want to swim, too.

Okay. Why don't we go together, then?

Yeah!

We're coming, too!

Hold it right there.

What'd you do that for? Pervert!

I am not a pervert.

You three can't go over there.

But Shino-chan went!

She's a centaur.

Besides, were you going to leave Sue-chan behind?

Hmph!

If you keep making that face, it'll get stuck that way.

I don't want it to get stuck like this!

If you want to swim, I'll teach you here.

I'll be here, too.

They're really good swimmers.

I'm surprised by Kyo-chan...

A mermaid! Wasn't that amazing?

Oh, it's deep...

Because there are diving boards over there, I guess.

Can we go to the other end?

My feet don't touch the bottom past this spot.

You can't swim, Nee-tan?

No, it's not that...

But if I go under, no one will be able to help me.

Come to think of it, how do merfolk climb up to the poolside?

They probably have a friend pull them up.

That was some leap.

It looked like everyone was more interested in her chest to me.

Your feet will touch the bottom soon,

so stretch your front legs forward and just kick with your back legs.

Otherwise, you might crack a hoof.

Okay, we're here.

I'm pretty tired, so let's head back to where the Chi-chans are.

Okay.

Practicing swimming?

Meow.

Chi-chans, let's play!

Hmph. You can just go play in the deep pool.

Hey!

Chi-chan!

What was that for?

What do you think you're doing?!

Take that!

Meow!

Concessions

Hot Cocoa

That's hot, so blow on it first.

Like it?

Uh-huh!

That warms me up.

Pools do chill the body.

Uh-oh.

Sleepy, Sue-chan?

She did lots of playing today.

Are you sleepy too, Shino-chan? I can't blame you.

That won't work for you three.

Why not?!

There's only one of me.

I can't carry all of you home.

But Shino-chan has one nee-chan all for herself!

Why is there only one of you?

It's all totally unfair!

You three...

If you had three big sisters, you'd have three times the nagging, too.

That would be bad.

Well, today's special, so you can go ahead and sleep.

Wait, don't just...

You have three extra big sisters today, after all.

Yay! Carry me, too!

I don't see why not.

I used to help care for my younger sister, too.

Suu-chan, you have a younger sister?

Yes. We were all born from the same queen.

That means all of us are sisters by blood.

That's really wild...

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But when I speak of my "younger sister,"

I refer to a specific child I was responsible for raising.

It's essentially the same as your concept of a younger sister, I believe.

Are you sure? Our house is still pretty far.

Well, a day like this isn't so bad, every now and then.

By the way, you mentioned that you raised your younger sister...

I'm getting a little sleepy, too.

We can't carry you, you know.

Aw...

Hey, don't drop Shino-chan.

I know...

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Occult Movies You Watch as a Kid Are 140% Scarier.

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I'd like to tell some scary stories.

Scary stories? The kind with ghosts and stuff?

Yep.

Boo.

Eek!

Cut that out!

Scary stories in broad daylight?

No, we're going to tell them at night.

I was thinking this Friday.