Kyon<br/><br/><em>The sudden outburst by Haruhi was enough to startle me into paying attention to things again.  When I heard what she had in mind, however, I had mixed feelings.  Sure, it'd be nice to see Mikuru in a new outfit, but climbing the hill to school once a day was bad enough; an outing would mean having to climb it again to return to the clubhouse.</em><br/><br/>"Not exactly brawny?  I was brawny enough to bring the space heater here from the shopping center downtown, in the rain no less."<em>Of course I knew it was pointless to argue.  Haruhi's thought process never approaches what one would call rationality.</em>