Daisuke kept his fingers pressed down on the hologram, but was light with his touch. He had a blurred glimpse of flashes of change on Saya's hair and parts of her costume, which seemed filled with reflective material. "Oh. It catches the light."

He turned the card over and looked at the other side; there was a classical pattern on a brown background, over which was superimposed the logo of the character's show. He handed it back gently.

"Thanks. But you should probably take one of these."

While he was saying that, a hand had slipped into his bag and was bringing out a clear plastic sleeve, hard and firm, inside of which was another card sleeve. "Please. It doesn't cost me anything."