－－－－－－－遡ること数時間前

「見た目を再現するのに手間取ってしまったが、いい出来だな。これで青葉も無茶な幼体化を諦めてくれればいいんだが…」
「コンナニセモノマデ…ヨウイシテ…ズイブン…マワリクドイヤリカタ…ダネ…」
「直接言っても納得しないだろうからなー、あいつは」
「オトメゴコロハ…フクザツ…ナンダナ…」

提督の優しさは時々分かりづらいのです

■このネタ、もう少し引っ張るつもりだったけど、ぐだぐだになりそうだったからスパッと落ち着けちゃいますね

The Truth

------Turning back the clock a few hours.

"It took a long time to recreate its appearance, but it looks good. I hope that Aoba gives up on being just going and getting chibified..."
"Going as far as preparing this... fake... is a very... roundabout way... of doing it..."
"Even if I told her directly, she wouldn't comply, you know?"
"A maiden's heart... is very... complicated... isn't it..."

Sometimes, the admiral's kindness is hard to understand.

■ Even though I had intended to carry on with this joke some more, it's gotten a bit hackneyed, so it's been nipped in the bud.