[Spending so much time sitting on the bench (deciding what asterisk she wanted, sob) did have one perk: Makoto has had a lot of time to listen to what other people have been talking about. Apparently a lot of people were being assigned that task, and she had heard that the best place to get it was the cactus-monsters nearby.]
[Lowering her book, she turns to help this person with at least directions when suddenly.]
Sidequest
[Lowering her book, she turns to help this person with at least directions when suddenly.]
K-Kawakami-sensei?? What are you doing here??