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Today we're revisiting Saintsbridge to experience what can only be described as an adorably stupid side story.
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So this side story is all about helping Nate woo a girl. Yep.
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While we got Inquire text from Emil and Nate way back in the Saintsbridge write-up, this is the first time we can get Derryl's.
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So this girl, Melanie, likes flowers, but there's a bully who's been picking them.
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Speaking of which!
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This is another instance of "I don't want to make a sprite for one line of dialogue". I've made over two hundred sprites (and nearly two hundred updates) by now, I think I'm entitled to be a little lazy.
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Anyway, the bully fails to comprehend how capitalism works, and we've got Nate the perfect gift to woo the girl he's sweet on.
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...Well, that was unexpected.
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The power of friendship can fix many things, but it can't fix all things. This is just another of those life lessons that has to be learned the hard way.
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Welcome to growing up.
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The reward is pretty nice, at least. We're going to need a ton of JP to get all the support skills we'll need!
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We're not going to get any more resolution to this tragic love triangle, but some things are best left unknown anyway. I mean, it's not like it really matters, right?
Next time, we'll close out the side stories within the mid-tier towns by revisiting our very first foe.