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Hibiki Tachibana     Second Division's medical facilities, at least the ones they're making use of now, are not actually in their underground base. One of the buildings that makes up the complex of Lydian Private Music Academy is a medical ward that the students themselves very rarely, if ever need to make use of.

    A cordoned off area of the third floor is where Hibiki brought Muramasa, the very same place that the Symphogear users come to recover when they're injured. It's not altogether different from what you'd expect a hospital room to look like, aside from the advanced nature of the equipment and the wide window view overlooking the grounds making it feel noticeably more relaxed.

    Or it would, in any other situation. Maybe she should've brought him back to the Paladins' and their care instead. That was technically the proper thing to do. But after what happened with Lilian...she couldn't.

    Hibiki looks, to put it bluntly, pretty awful. There are dark circles underneath her eyes that make it clear she hasn't gotten any rest at all since then, and a heavy sag in her shoulders as she slumps forward in her chair. Though her gaze is for the most part laser focused on Muramasa, who has been put up in bed to recover and attended to as much as possible, her attention visibly clouds over every time it shifts away as she retreats into her thoughts.

    She's already let Featherman know where they are, and told the agents on campus to direct him this way. But until he does and Muramasa is awake and well enough to speak, she's completely silent.
Muramasa ....     ....    ....

    ....    ....    ....

        . . . .. . .

Ever since the beating delivered at Hiromi's hands, he'd not stirred even a twitch. Once he'd been handed over to the Second Division's medical professionals, it was revealed that many of his organs had been ruptured from blunt force trauma. His bones had been shattered, and his muscles rent under the absolutely titanic might of being driven through a mountain and into the earth under a barrage of blows from every side; or perhaps as a result of trying to match that heat, and coming up short.

It did not take much to intuit that while his suit, designed as it had been, protected him from the worst of things, the moment it began breaking down is the moment he began receiving the full force of Hiromi's strength and with neither Reinforcement or the Berkut suit to dampen these strikes, he'd been broken as easily as an ordinary human.

Genuinely, it had been a case of an ant striking out at an elephant.

Bafflingly, despite the raw severity of his injuries, he somehow clung to life and began a slow process towards recovery thank in no small part to the advanced medical technology available here.

How long has it been since then? ... this void ... I feel like I'm floating in the space between waking and dreaming. I wasn't killed, I can tell that much. But it could have come very close to that ... I feel like I'm being pinned, as if lead were filling my veins instead of blood.

Muramasa's finger twitches. And the his eyes move under their lids.

        " .... nn."
Featherman Neo Featherman Neo has arrived, guided in, by the time Muramasa's eyes open. He's in full costume, even if he's starting to wonder if he should be. He knows he *has* to be, but should he?

"How long has he been out?" Is Featherman Neo's first question to Hibiki. He doesn't sound too good himself, ragged, limping from pain.

Once Muramasa makes a noise, he speaks. "Hey, hey, take it easy. I'm so sorry. I brought you these." He places down what he was holding - a bouquet of flowers straight from a small Japanese town - on the bedside table. "I shouldn't...have been so enthusiastic to have you join me. You wouldn't have gotten hurt."

Both guns, including the Slayer, are holstered at his side, as is the knife, though they've been strapped and locked tight as per to not worry SONG.
Hibiki Tachibana     Snapped out of her thoughts with Featherman Neo's entrance, Hibiki sits up straight and looks towards him in silence for a few moments. It looks like she wants to say a thousand different things before she just purses her lips and glances back to the bed with a grimace.

    "...Since the battle," she says with her voice a little hoarse. "He's stable and recovering now, but..."

    She trails off, only to pick up on Muramasa stirring--where she actually hurries out of her seat and fully towards the bedside, tense for a moment before she...should give a little space while he's still waking up, and takes a half-step back. "...I'm sorry, Muramasa. I should've--I got too..." Her words die off before they get any farther.

    Alongside those that Featherman puts down, there's another bouquet of flowers already on the table - the ones that Izou had delivered for Muramasa after the last time he was put up, which Hibiki relocated to here when she had some time. She figured it'd be okay.
Muramasa Blearily, he has trouble following what's being said, and silently takes time for his mind and body to catch up with one another. "Unh.."

There was nothing that didn't ache; and even then, he could tell he'd been administered a litney of drugs to reduce the stimuli, perhaps to reduce the chance of shock once he regained consciousness. After several minutes of near total silence and groggy, dopey blinking, he attempts to sit up.

This is a terrible idea, per the advice he was already dolled out, and his back thumps weakly against the sheets as his struggle to do so ends as quickly as it begins. "Hn."

Instead, he has to settle for rolling his head to the side to take in the sight of his sleep-deprived Master, and their red-garbed, limping comrade. Wetting his scratchy throat with a thick swallow, "You .. don't have to apologize. It wasn't your fault, either of you." Muramasa says.

"But I don't understand...how did she know about that place?"

The 'why' was of course, self-evident to himself and Hibiki; Hiromi had done what she had because it was her idea of helping, and perhaps, playing.
Featherman Neo As Muramasa is fully awakened, Featherman Neo ends up taking a seat. He can't stand well. He doesn't play fault games, luckily, but he can't answer Muramasa's question. "I don't know. It's...it's not-" He cuts himself off. They probably don't want the mystique of MOUNT FEATHERMAN spoiled right now.

"What do you remember from the fight? I have to stop her. She has my comrades." It's implicit - he isn't forcing them to go. "Not immediately, but sometime. They're under her sway."

And then, a sigh. "No, sorry, I'm asking too much too soon. I just...I'm supposed to be the big damn hero, and look at me. I even had to use the Feather Slayer against her, and it failed to knock her out. You're hurt, Hibiki's hurt and exhausted, Gareth..."

A pause.

"Actually, Gareth seemed fine. Huh."
Hibiki Tachibana     Hibiki's answer to Muramasa's question is just a grimace, as she slowly pulls her chair back over to sit right at the bedside. When she does, she falls into it heavily. That's not something she'd know, or something she actually thought too hard about before now. Huh, how did she know...?

    It doesn't last too long though, before the subject shifts. "...Don't hold it against yourself, Featherman. She's...strong. Really strong. And I got too caught up in trying to beat her that I didn't even..." There's a low sound from her throat.

    At least Gareth /is/ fine. That's something she can actually be happy about. Maybe that runs in the family?

    There's a pause of her own, and then a shake of her head. "...I should have done something to stop you from getting hurt," she murmurs towards Muramasa.
Muramasa "She is a Knight of the Round Table," Muramasa intones weakly, with a small chuckle. It didn't surprise him that she was made of much sterner stuff than he was. "We fought side by side," he clarifies to Hibiki, his eyes drooping slightly as he frowns, "Like I said before, you shouldn't blame yourself. You're a Master, and I am a Servant -- it's only natural that out of the two of us, I take the harsher beating. That I buckled so easily under her fists is another matter, however troubling."

Pausing, his gaze is drawn to Featherman Neo's choice of armaments still holstered at his side. His face flattens, into a plain grimace.

"I recall more or less everything that happened," he explains, "She has the power to compel others. It isn't exactly brainwashing, but more so that she simply changes their perspective on certain matters ... for them, she most likely convinced them that they were simply fulfilling their duties in training us. You could consider it a form of Charisma."

After several moments of consideration, staring at those he finally decides to cut to the chase and clear the air, asking without accusation but with a certain grimness, " .. as well .."

    "Where is that you got that?"
Featherman Neo Featherman Neo sighs at the two, and nods. When Muramasa looks at his gun, and then explains what Hiromi did, he nods again. "I see..."

And then Muramasa asks the question. Where is it that you got that?

"I learned how to make it from you, of course." It's double-meaning. Hibiki won't get it, but Muramasa absolutely will. Featherman Neo uses the probable crack in his mental defenses immediately. He tries to find out who the other man really is, and after a few long moments of sifting...

"You're not really Muramasa, truly, are you? Maybe in part. But not in whole."
Hibiki Tachibana     "That's not true," Hibiki mutters back towards Muramasa. "...I wasn't fighting by your side at all. I didn't even realize what you were doing until it was too late to stop you...and because of that, now you're..." Her expression tenses up, remembering some of the words directed to her in the aftermath. But then something else comes up.

    'You're not really Muramasa, truly, are you?'

    That, Hibiki says nothing on. But her body tenses up, and her hands in her lap grip tightly onto the bottom of her jacket, making it obvious that she isn't entirely in the dark on that subject herself. It takes a few seconds before she glances back up, looking tiredly between the two of them.

    "What are you--...? What is this about?"
Muramasa         From me? What is he trying to say..?!

You're not really Muramasa, truly, are you? Maybe in part. But not in whole.

Muramasa winces. He had accepted that because of the things Hibiki was likely to see in her dreams that she would figure out his nature eventually, but to have it pointed out to his face like this, it was troubling.

<B-anter> Muramasa says, "I don't really remember all the details, but .. how do I put it? If the Heroic Spirit Muramasa were summoned as a Servant, he'd undoubtably manifest as a decrepit dinosaur unfit for fighting, and to begin with, he isn't someone that would appear under ordinary circumstances anyway, even if you had a catalyst."

He recalls his conversation about it with Hibiki, and says, " ...strictly speaking ... I am a fictional person who did not exist in history. At least, that's what I have supposed about my situation. The skills and memories of Muramasa are perhaps authentic, but I am only a virtual personality. 'If this person had been reincarnated as Muramasa'. Or maybe, 'If Muramasa had reincarnated into that person'."

There's a moment quiet, before he continues, " ... to say you 'learned them from me' though, is ... "
Featherman Neo "He knows what I'm talking about. Who I'm talking about." Featherman Neo sighs. "But...you're not exactly the same man as him. You've got a heart of honor and justice. You...really proved yourself, last night. When I first saw your projection abilities, I was worried. Scared."

"That you were evil."

There's a long tense pause. Finally, Featherman Neo exhales. He's probably exhaling shakily. "But you're not. You're a good person, *Muramasa*. It doesn't matter who you share memories with. I like you, and I like Hibiki too."

SOCIAL LINK RANK THREE - THE CHARIOT

SOCIAL LINK RANK TWO - THE HANGED MAN

"So...let's continue being friends. Please." He coughs, in pain.
Hibiki Tachibana     Muramasa's own description of his situation is...well, it's a little much for her to understand. Her own impression of him is a lot simpler. She's only seen two dreams of his past. But neither of them were of Sengo Muramasa, even if he has his skills. 'That person' he's talking about...she knows very well they can only be...

    ...

    Hibiki is still pretty lost on exactly what they're talking about, so she can only address what's right in front of her. Her back comes up straighter in her seat, and despite her visible exhaustion, her nod to Featherman is entirely serious and genuine. "That goes without saying. Of course we're still friends. Nothing that happened yesterday would change that. Not...for me."

    She holds it for a moment, then closes her eyes and slumps back a bit. "...It doesn't matter to me who you really are, Muramasa...or you, Featherman," she adds on. Maybe she'll never see who he is under the mask. But it doesn't matter much to her at the moment, anyway. "...But...should I really be...?"
Muramasa "That person, he assuredly led a hard life. But it's not one I can't relate to," Muramasa says, sadly. If things had been a little different for himself ... wouldn't he have ended up the same way? Somehow, they even both wound up bearing the same Holy Shroud upon their arms.

Muramasa goes quiet in contemplation, Friends ... I feel like this is the first time Featherman has let his guard down a little around us.

"I'd ... like that. I'm not entirely sure about the contents of my character, but I'll try to live up to your opinion of me."

    I am thou, thou art I ....
    Thou hast acquired a new vow.

    SOCIAL LINK RANK TWO - THE HANGED MAN

"By the way, Master .." he interjects after her, " ... you seem to be taking this harder than I thought you would. I'm happy that you seem to accept me as I am, but -- if it goes without saying that you won't give up on us yet, then of course, that means we still need to stick together as Featherman, right?"
Featherman Neo As the two affirm friendship, Featherman Neo can feel his bonds grow. He smiles, but they can't see it. He cries, but they can't feel it.

He grumbles in pain, and they can absolutely hear it. "...if you're going to continue to be Featherman, be sure. But you are welcome."

"After all...you passed your trial."
Hibiki Tachibana     "Continue to be Feathermen..." Hibiki repeats after Neo, after he speaks and gets up afterwards. She doesn't sound entirely sure about that, which is maybe why she only says it after he's starting to head off. Continuing to be friends was no lie. Nothing yesterday changed how she feels about Featherman Neo--if anything, she feels like their bond is stronger than ever. But that...

    Her head is tilted down and her attention is between her feet for several seconds, before Muramasa's question fully processes. It's very obviously something she has to think about, and there's a few moments where she looks like she's trying to say something and fails.

    It takes her inhaling a deep breath and letting it out before she manages to speak up unsteadily. "...But am I really...good enough to be your Master, let alone be on a team like that...Muramasa?"

    Now she definitely sounds as tired as she looks. "Or am I just going to keep getting you hurt...?"
Muramasa Having felt such doubts before, himself -- over and over again, he can sympathize. Really, deep down .. he felt guilty about this situation. This is another failure of mine. If I had been able to defeat Hiromi then none of this would be happening. We'd be celebrating our trial's success happily instead of accepting it in this bittersweet way. And Hibiki wouldn't look so sad.

I feel like Tsubasa is the only girl in my life I don't make cry. I .. really am the worst..

But he couldn't let beating himself up get in the way of making sure Hibiki wasn't unjustly doing the same to herself. After all, it's not her fault, it's his. She's the Master and he's the Servant. She shouldn't have to worry about being strong enough to protect him.

"I'll get stronger, Master, I promise. .. somehow .. I'll make sure not to keep putting you in this spot."

He looks deeply apologetic, "You're the Master that I chose. And while it had been a heat of the moment decision, I have never regretted becoming your Servant. To be honest, I couldn't really imagine being a Featherman without you there, too ... it wouldn't really be the same."

"So, for now, please put up with this pathetically weak self of mine, until I'm strong enough to overcome anything."

    Strong enough to protect everyone.
Hibiki Tachibana     Hibiki listens to Muramasa without looking up, but it's clear she's hanging on to every word. He'll get stronger. He chose her. He doesn't regret anything. It's enough that her shoulders buckle for a moment, and her grip on the bottom of her jacket tightens up. It looks like she might genuinely start tearing up from it.

    'What matters is that the old man is taking a dirt nap again, when I still need him alive, and his Master is at fault again.'
    'Ever since contracting with you, all he's done is nearly get himself killed over and over and over again. And for what?'

    "It's not about you being strong or not..." She shakes her head vehemently. She's seen him beating himself up for being weak, in that dream. But she still can't help it when she hears that right now. "So why the hell are you beating yourself up about it...? You're not the one who should be making promises like that right now...!"

    There's a sniffle, but she's still not crying. "I'm the one who needs to get stronger. Lilian was right. You can't...I can't keep letting you get hurt under my watch. It's not because I'm your Master, but because I'm your friend..."

    She realizes what she said a few moments later, and Hibiki slightly turns off towards the side in her seat. "...Right. I got into an argument with her after all of that. It was--..." Her voice goes quiet halfway through. "...She thinks you're just over here playing games. And that I'm not fit to be your Master. We both said...a lot of things."
Muramasa Muramasa winces, but doesn't look away. He's not the one who should be making promises like that? What a strange thing to say, he thinks. Not because she's his Master, but because she's his friend? It's something he struggles to wrap his head around. .. it easy to forget, but for some reason, she tries not to see me as her tool. Even someone like me is ..

After a quiet moment of him turning over what she says in his head, he makes a dis-satisfied grunt, "Rook? ... I guess she must've heard that I got hurt and decided to run her mouth off about it."

Suddenly things start to make more sense to him; why she seemed like she was taking this so hard. Why she was doubting herself, and their partnership so much. He had no doubt the Dame Commander had given Hibiki and his unconscious self a very thorough tongue lashing.

" ... I don't know exactly what she said, so I won't comment on the validity of that conversation's contents. But, it doesn't shock me to hear that's what she thinks."

There's a small, almost bitter and accepting smile on his face, "I'm sure she'd much prefer that I simply did what I was told instead of trying to do what I want."

Shifting uncomfortably with a whinge, he considers his next words carefully, "The things I'm sure she said, whether or not they were true, weren't really from a place of sincerity, though. She's been immensely dis-satisfied with my life choices for a long time now, and truthfully, the feeling is somewhat mutual for myself. She's .. not a good person. But she tries to be, most of the time, and I respect that about her."

"I'm here because this is where I want to be. Because you .. Tsubasa ... Kohinata - this place, I want to protect it. It's .. become like a home to me, even if I'm just an interloper." After I lost the place that I belonged..

"Though from her perspective, rather than helping 'the enemy', I should just be fulfilling my duties to resolve the incidents with the Grave Blades. ... right, I didn't mention it before, but Rook's world is where all that is happening, and its her organization and allies that I've been helping with that."
Hibiki Tachibana     "Is...that so...?" Hibiki's head lifts enough that a bit of her expression can be seen, caught somewhere between a wince and visible confliction. She hasn't heard what Muramasa thinks about Lilian before--honestly, she's only had her own personal experiences to go off of. And she's not sure how it makes her feel.

    "...I didn't know what to think of her, at first. I hated that she talked down to me because...I have a lot less experience than her. Because she didn't think...or maybe still doesn't think I..." Her mouth closes tightly.

    But even if she doesn't say it out loud, it's not like she disliked her. Time passed, and she managed to get a better opinion of her than that. It was rough, but she had an idea in her head she was only saying those kind of things to make sure she didn't get herself hurt. Is that true...?

    ...She can't tell anymore. What is she supposed to think now? "She mentioned...we should have known we couldn't beat Hiromi. That we were stupid for trying...without her there."

    ...Not a good person, but tries to be...

    There's a serious gulp as Muramasa explains further. She didn't really know the extent to how he felt about things here. It hasn't been all that long. But these days he's had here...have they really been that important to him? ...But that kind of everyday life is one of the things she's fighting for, too. So maybe she understands 'what he wants' better than she thought she did.

    The final bit catches her attention though, enough to actually glance back up fully. "...Lilian's world is? You mean, that's where you...?" Hibiki raises the hand her Command Seals are on, looking at it briefly and then returning her gaze to Muramasa. The obvious question doesn't come out, but she continues with, "Is that what she meant when she said she 'still needs you alive'? For that?" There's a brief twist in her expression.
Muramasa "Yes. Without me ... I'm not so arrogant as to say that it's impossible to do what they want without me. But, it makes things far better for them if they have my assistance. In that regard, I'm seen as something of a relatively valuable asset."

Not only for his abilities, but for Lilian's reputation. If things went awry and he died without fulfilling his obligation, she would be the one that responsibility for his abscence fell to. From that perspective it wasn't really unreasonable for Lilian to behave the way she does regarding his choices.

Muramasa shakes her head, "But, I can say this with certainty. She's got that wrong."

There's a certain resolve in his voice as he says this, "About Hiromi, that is. She's got an ego a mile wide and, to her, the only time people like us are useful are if we're following her orders and are being given assistance from her. But."

Muramasa manages to turn his grimace into a half-grin, "While Rook's self confidence isn't truthfully unawarranted, it frustrates me that she looks down on us too. We had the power to win; in fact, Master ... you don't even need me there to beat Hiromi, you know?"

"Because, Master, you're so much stronger than you think you are. So don't ever take it to heart if someone tells you that you can't; you can. You just have to believe."

If she does not believe that she is the Hibiki Tachibana who can win, then it is only natural that she is the Hibiki Tachibana who loses.
Hibiki Tachibana     For the first time today, Hibiki's dead exhausted expression becomes a genuinely surprised one. The confidence that Muramasa says she's wrong with is what causes it--and what he says after. Not because of what he says about what Lilian thinks...though that's insight, maybe, on why Muramasa doesn't consider her a good person.

    But... "Me...? Be able to beat Hiromi alone?" That just sounds unreal. They've fought twice now, and both times, she was literally like a mountain that couldn't be moved. They did better, in their last time, but the results at the end spoke for themselves; Muramasa being laid out in bed in such awful condition is already enough proof of that.

    But he believes. Hibiki's mouth, which had been hanging open, slowly closes as she glances down. At the palm of her hand, which then slowly comes back to lightly grip at the string of her pendant. "...Just believe..." She didn't want to lose to Hiromi back there. Maybe that was just another of her selfish desires, but even so...she did get farther than she thought she would. Is it because of everyone else there with her? Because of this hidden strength Muramasa is talking about?

    Both? She's silent for several long moments. When she does speak up again, it's quiet and questioning. "...Lilian said...she threatened to take these Seals away. I hope she doesn't. But...if she does..." She gulps.

    "...I won't lose to her. I can't."
Muramasa "There are times when you cannot reason with someone," Muramasa admits, smiling gently. His eyes look a good deal more lucid than they did before, too, as a comfortable silence pervades the room while he thinks on how to phrase what he wanted to convey.

This is why she's wrong. Because .. when she looks at Hibiki, all she can see is what's right in front of her. All she can do is tear it down, and trample on anything that hasn't become a mighty oak. But I know just how strong you can be; you wouldn't be able to wear that spear if this heat was your limit.

"Believe. Imagine that you are the version of yourself who is strong enough to win; in your fists, you hold the power of Shining Odin."

And even if you did not, I believe in all of your strength, Hibiki. I know that once you let your power unfold, you won't be defeated by anyone.

The conversation quickly takes a turn for the worst, though, " -- ... what? .... what the hell did she say ...?"

His face contorts in pain as he shoots up in bed, straining his casts and bandages, "What gives her the goddamn right..?!"

Gnashing his teeth in equal parts pain and determination, "I .. I won't let that happen, either. Somehow, I'll.."
Hibiki Tachibana     Is Lilian truly someone she can't reason with? Is she going to have to fight her, if it comes to that? And even if she is able to be talked with, maybe that won't be able to happen until they do..whatever the case is, that doesn't change what she has to do. She doesn't hate Lilian. But she won't let her treat Muramasa the way she does...and she won't let her think she can actually try to hurt her...or him like that.

    ...And if she loses to her...that'll just prove everything that she said was right. So she can't. With Muramasa's words, there's a resolute feeling building up in her chest. Something sorely needed after all of that. But at the same time...

    There's something else. Something cold that tugs at her when she thinks of fighting with her. But she won't lose to that either.

    And then Muramasa has a much more violent reaction than she should have anticipated--or maybe she should've. Hibiki gets out of her chair and quickly leans in over the bed, lightly but firmly planting her hands down on the Servant's shoulders to try and steady him back down. "Hey, you shouldn't be moving like that yet, Muramasa! You're still way too hurt!"

    She locks eyes with him, swallowing in a similar manner to before, and she lowers her voice after raising it just a moment ago. "...If she does come...please. Don't fight her. I can't stop you from talking to her or anything else, but... no matter what you think of her, you guys are on the same side, aren't you? And...I don't know what she'd do to you."

    Hibiki shakes her head. "For right now, just focus on healing up. If you want to help, that's the best thing you can do for me, okay? ...I let you strain yourself way harder than I ever should've before. I can't...let you get hurt, or worse, because of me again. Okay?"
Muramasa He wants to argue; its visible on the cringe he wears on his face, and the tensing of his shoulders. "I -- "

But ... she looked so resolved now. "Even if we're both Paladins, I can't let that slide."

He doesn't say it out loud, but he does recall the conversation the Paladins had concerning Gareth's Master, and her status as a Watchman. He'd made his feelings on something like this known at that time, so why..

Is this all to try and reign me in? If she was serious, then .. -- the look no Muramasa's face is wretched, before he flattens it out and breathes in deep.

His shoulders sag, and the Servant allows himself to be pushed back into a laying position in the hospital bed.

... I want to believe in Hibiki, too. If I don't then, she can't believe in herself either. So I .. no matter how badly I want to fight too, I'll trust her with this. I have to.

" ... okay. I'm sorry; right now, I'm just dead weight. Master, make sure you really kick her ass for me, too."
Hibiki Tachibana     Hibiki shakes her head, even more than last time. Especially after that look on Muramasa's face--there's no way for her to know what the cause behind it is, but the fact he had it alone is enough. "You're not...dead weight. You're one of the strongest people I know. So...just make sure you get rested up as soon as possible.

    With him relenting to laying back down, she slowly rises back up to a full stand and lets out a sigh. "...If there's real trouble...I'll figure something out, okay? I know how much you hate me leaving you behind. And that I'd hate it too, if I was the one laying there now. But if I do end up fighting...I won't lose," she reiterates, with a nod. She has to believe that.

    ...But still. She can't help but hope she doesn't have to.

    "...I'll give you some time to yourself, okay? We were kind of breathing down your neck since you woke up..." Hibiki definitely still looks exhausted out of her mind. And there's no way all of her issues have been dealt with. That might not even start happening until things come to a head. Having to go against Lilian is almost as scary a prospect as fighting Hiromi, in multiple ways. But she's learned a lot today. And she knows she can't just sit here and let anything be taken away from her.

    But figuring out exactly what she's going to do can wait. "I'll go tell Miku the good news...and maybe get in a nap." She rubs at her face briefly, before turning to start heading out. "...Just let me know if you need anything, and I'll come running."