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Dead Hours — Restock, Page 7

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Rin: Restocking is content now.

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Kaito and Rin are standing in front of an open refrigerator case filled with bottles, both wearing striped aprons with their names on them; Rin holds up her phone to film while Kaito looks at her with a surprised expression.

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Kaito resolves to finally get the drink cooler perfectly stocked, every label facing out. The shelf refuses to stay done: customers and Rin keep undoing his work, a toppled row resets him, and he goes feral trying to finish. At the midpoint he gives up and walks away, hollow. Rin quietly stops filming and, with the recurring salaryman and a jogger she secretly recruits, restocks the whole cooler behind his back. Kaito turns to find it flawless and full, which he didn't do. Rin, already back on her phone, deadpans that it finished itself and won't take credit. Ends on the morning-delivery crate callback, but this time Kaito almost-smiles.