Year of the Boar, Ninth Month, Day 18.

I am tired. I am beginning to understand only too well why Nanami hates horses so very much. I cannot imagine that I will ever want to mount another for as long as I live. Of course, that will no doubt require a lot more walking on my behalf but I think it will probably be worth it ...
Yuika's behaviour continues to baffle me. I have spent so long trying to come to her rescue and I have possibly turned down the one chance I will ever have for fulfilment because of her; I do not know what I was thinking...