Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

You get even closer to Kokoro. "Oh, that's an interesting topic. Which part of Europe you're reading about specifically?" It's a good topic for you since you have some of your memories from that time.

"I'm not sure why you're so curious... But it's about one of the Nazi commanders, Erwin Rommel. He was..." she starts explaining, but you don't give her any chance to finish that.

"You're into Desert Fox? Or shall I say der Wüstenfuchs? If you're reading about Europe, I'm guessing it's about his time in the 7th Panzer Division, not Afrika Korps, right?"

Talking about Rommel is easy for you. After all, weren't you at one of the timelines playing the role of his chief of staff? It was a unique experience. Sure, you can't rely on all the details you remember - after all, it was a different timeline and there is no guarantee that it fully matches this one - but you're quite confident about the general course of action.

Kokoro is visibly impressed and you can feel her attitude towards you changing slightly. "Well, I'm not INTO Rommel, but I'm reading about him and his involvement in the plot against Hitler."

"I find that period of his life quite tragic if I'm to be honest. It's shocking how he could be disagreeing with Nazis, but, at the same time, blinded by Hitler himself. The true reasons why he got into that mess to **** the man he admired so much and which ultimately ended his life." As you continue drowning the girl in words, you also wrap your arm around her, embracing her lightly. To mask the awkwardness, you quickly point to a photo in the book, depicting Rommel and Hitler. "Take a look at that photograph. Notice how he's looking at Hitler as if he was about the reveal him the truth about the universe or something similar."

Your tactics are working. Kokoro seems to be listening to all that you're saying and you start feeling sexual excitement building slowly inside her body. You're quite sure this is her first time being so close to a man and you immediately start absorbing even those little pieces of her excitation. They taste great, like water on the desert, and even though they're in annoyingly small quantity, they enable you to access some of your powers from the past, even if you can't fully use them.

Unfortunately, the world decides not to let you recharge more, as the peaceful scene is interrupted by three girls on their bikes stopping next to your bench. They all look quite pretty and you guess they're somewhere around the age of Kokoro.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't our piggy? Hey, piggy, oink for us!" one of them says with quite an aggressive tone. It's obvious that she's the leader of those bullies and it seems she knows Kokoro. "Don't make us wait, or else..."