()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>599</BIN><narrator><BGM>BGM_Saga_AVG_Day</BGM>:Your conversation with the die-hard fan in the afternoon gives you new inspiration for your face-off with Gray Tree. Just as you think Franchouchou might have a good chance of winning—
NPC-Tae(3)<Speaker></Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale>||:Tae enters the karaoke box and does her rousing rooster's crow in time with the music.
NPC-Tae(3)<Speaker></Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale><同时置暗>||:You immediately realize the difference between ideals and reality and begin teaching Tae how to sing.+However, Tae remains lost in her own world as she mimics your singing with rooster cries and mumbling.
()||<narrator>:You assume she is showing her aversion to the practice session by being passive-aggressive, so you terminate it early.
NPC-Tae(3)<Speaker></Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale><同时置暗>||:Only when you're putting away the training materials after Tae has left do you realize she was actually practicing in her own way. Although she didn't get the lyrics right, she was pitch-perfect.
NPC-Tae(4)<Speaker></Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Just as you're feeling guilty over blaming her unjustly, Tae suddenly returns to the karaoke box. She looks like she wants to say something but can't get the words out.
NPC-Tae(4)<Speaker></Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale><同时置暗>||:You apologize immediately and offer her dried shredded squid to make up for it.
()||<narrator><SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1>:However, Tae doesn't wolf it down happily like usual. Instead, she grabs her throat and collapses in front of you.
NPC-Tae(6)<Speaker></Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale>||:Frightened, you immediately check Tae and realize that she had swallowed the practice tape just before she left, and it's stuck in her throat.
NPC-Tae(6)<Speaker></Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale><同时置暗>||:You extract the now-ruined tape and offer Tae the dried shredded squid again.
()||<narrator>:This time, she saves the last strip for you.
()||<narrator><黑点1>:It's just a tiny step forward, but you're extremely pleased with the progress you've made.