human
Subaru:  Subaru glanced past her, toward the tail end of the procession—
gpt
Meili:  “Don’t shake so much.”
human
Meili:  “Huh? You’re hitching a ride on my back, kiddo, so be grateful.”
gpt
Meili:  “It’s way too much work climbing these hundreds of stairs up and down.”
human
Meili:  “Well, it’s ticklish with you kicking around on my back like tha—Hey! Don’t pull my hair!”
gpt
Shaula:  Shaula scowled at Meili, who was riding on her back. But there was no rancor in their back-and-forth. Mysteriously, the two of them seemed to be getting along. At the moment, Subaru and party were climbing the spiral stairs, going from the lowest floor to the next floor. Julius and Anastasia were at the head of the procession, followed by Ram, Subaru, Beatrice, and Emilia, with the Meili-Shaula pair bringing up the rear.
human
Subaru:  “She doesn’t seem like the sort to be universally loved by kids, but…”
gpt
Emilia:  “If you get tired, too, Subaru, just say so. If it comes to it, I can at least give you a piggyback ride.”
human
Subaru:  “It won’t ever come to that because I’m a dude.” He was grateful for the thought, but as a young man with his pride, he had to politely decline. Even the thought of it was too much. He’d rather ask Julius for a favor than resort to that. Anyway…
gpt
Shaula:  “Huh? What’s up, Master? Looking at me with such intense eyes… Have you finally realized my charms after four hundred years? !”
human
Subaru:  “You’re crazy patient! And sorry to bother you while Meili is playing with your ponytail…”
gpt
Shaula:  “Scorpiontail, not ponytail.”
human
Subaru:  “Huh?”
gpt
Shaula:  “Scorpiontail.”
human
Subaru:  “Ah, right, sure, whatever. Anyway…”
gpt
Shaula:  “Scorpiontail…”
human
Subaru:  “Fine, I get it! What a weird thing to get hung up on! Scorpiontail then, scorpiontail! Scorpi… Scorptail… Wow, that’s awkward to try to shorten!” She was being weirdly insistent about it, so Subaru acknowledged the point before quickly moving along. The intended topic was, of course, the name Emilia had just mentioned.
gpt
Subaru:  “So this might be going over ground we already covered, but you’re sure that your master is Flugel?”
human
Shaula:  “Yep, yep. That’s your name, Master, so maybe stop being so weird about it? Oh! Or are you coming on to me by making me say it over and over?” Her eyes twinkled as she peered up at Subaru bashfully.
gpt
Shaula:  “You don’t have to do that. My heart has always belonged to you, Master. I love youuu!”
human
Subaru:  “Nooo, thank you.”
gpt
Shaula:  “You threw it away? !” Without missing a beat, Subaru took the feelings Shaula had just poured out and made a show of unceremoniously dumping them over the side of the stairs before clearing his throat. If he let Shaula dictate the pace of the conversation, it would never end.
human
Subaru:  “So this Flugel is the same guy behind the Great Flugel Tree, right?”
gpt
Shaula:  “What’s that?