"It was way too small."
Even now, the girl with bobbed hair still found it hard to believe.
"Yeah."
The boy felt the same way she did.
When he realized he'd really guessed correctly...
He'd gotten goosebumps all over.
"...Finding the boy your brother met is great..."
The girl with bobbed hair's voice gradually grew subdued. "But, as I thought..."
The girl with bobbed hair glanced at Xiao Xiao's shoulder again and again—
Her brother had said that the white fox with red markings was perched on Xiao Xiao's shoulder.
But she saw nothing.
"...I didn't see anything..."
"I didn't see the little white fox with red markings..."
"Little Rainbow..."
The boy wasn't sure how to comfort his sister.
"I know, really."
The girl with bobbed hair smiled.
"If I could see it..."
"Then I'd be telling my brother that I saw a very special little white fox with red markings..."
She'd met Xiao Xiao before her brother had.
The few times they'd met...
She'd only seen the Little White Fox in Xiao Xiao's arms.
She hadn't seen the little white fox with red markings on Xiao Xiao's shoulder.
She should have known from the start...
She just couldn't accept it.
She'd still held on to a little hope and expectation.
Well.
The truth was cruel.
"I'm not like my brother."
The girl with bobbed hair lowered her eyes and smiled. "I can't see monsters."
"Little Rainbow..."
The boy tried to comfort his sister again.
But wouldn't his words of comfort on this matter only upset the girl with bobbed hair?
That made him all the more cautious... and hesitant.
"Xiao Xiao."
The girl with bobbed hair looked at Xiao Xiao.
"My brother and I are full siblings."
"We have the same blood."