“Do you have any good luck charms? What are those?”
“Uh, the onamori? They’re charms for different things—this
one’s for giving good birth, there’s one for children to get good grades.
They’re blessed by a temple priest or something.”
“Do you have anything that’s good luck in general? Just—in
general, good luck for everything. Family, job, money, health, all of it. Do
you have a charm for that—a charm that covers everything?”
“Well… uhh… maneki-neko is the good luck cat. It’s supposed
to bring good fortune, we’ve got a solar-powered one in the back there, it
waves its paw when you put it in direct sunlight.“
“Does it cover everything? The whole package, good luck for
everything? That’s too big, I need something small, a little charm, something I
can put in my pocket, have on me all the time—“
“Well, it’s supposed to bring wealth, prosperity, people put
it in businesses, and it’s like, whichever paw is raised means something
different, one paw brings wealth and the other brings visitors or something, I
forget which is which… I’ve got a maneki-neko necklace here…”
“Let me see that—what is this? A necklace? I can wear it,
right? Both its paws are raised—what’s that mean?”
“Well… I guess both paws means…”
“Everything, it can cover everything?”
“Yeah, sure.”
“Great, I’m covered. How much?”
