<strong>Mayu</strong><br/><br/>The wide and innocent eyes of the lavender-haired child behind the counter keep studying you even as the little moppet pulls an abacus out from a drawer, flips beads back and forth for a moment, nods to itself, and then repeats this process on the cash register in front of it.<br/><br/>"Twee-fiffy," it announces, which is probably about right...and not quite what you expected, even as it holds out a hand for your money.<br/><br/>By the time you dig out your money and pay the adorable little thing, Natassya has wandered out of the store and disappeared from view somewhere along the street.<br/><br/><em>...swipe cut to...</em><br/><br/>(quo vadis, o dreamwitch?)