She usually seemed like she didn't understand human nature or something, but now it looked like Stelle actually did understand human nature.
It was just that the part of human nature she understood was a little bizarre.
With an indescribable expression, she followed them back to the train. Then she watched Stelle set the trash can in place before jogging all the way back to stand opposite Pom-Pom.
Like most people with an overwhelming curiosity, she blinked and began questioning Pom-Pom.
"By the way, Pom-Pom, what exactly were Uncle Yang and Mr. Saniyat's pasts?"
"I've been here this long, but I don't think I've ever heard about their pasts."
Faced with that question, Pom-Pom pondered for a while before speaking.
"It wouldn't hurt to tell you. Walter and I met in a very remote border sector, in a galaxy at the edge of the edge sectors, Pom."
"Due to unknown factors, the Express broke down there. Then, a very kind red-haired little girl helped me repair it, while Walter appeared on the beach not long afterward, Pom."
"At the time, he looked as though he'd worked an assembly line for three hundred straight years. He collapsed on the ground, was awakened by that kind little girl, and then helped repair the train with us."
"Then that little girl suddenly vanished. She was supposed to become the navigator... Pom-pom, it really made no sense."
Walter's past immediately piqued both Stelle and March 7th's interest.
But then an even bigger question arose.
"So how did Uncle Yang become a woman?"
Stelle's eyes gleamed as she somehow handed over a chocolate stick, eagerly bringing it to Pom-Pom's mouth.
"This isn't very appropriate..."
Pom-Pom tactfully refused, but Stelle insisted on stuffing it into its mouth. Left with no choice, it reluctantly ate seven or