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Nagisa sat in her room, waiting impatiently for Shizuma to pick her up. Today was the second round of the Étoile Election. Shizuma had told her the second round was her favorite- it was a horse-back ride. The contestants had to do a circuit of the gardens first, then return to the track where they would rescue their partner from the tower, proceeding to run another circuit around the track before finishing. Nagisa had never seen Shizuma ride a horse, and she had never done it herself before so she was quite excited. 'Nagisa?' The youngster's head snapped up and she rose from her bed. Shizuma stood smiling in the doorpost, dressed in an