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[With Fort Alhambra in pretty bad shape after everything that had happened, a familiar (to some) cloud of nanomachines erupts out from the hangar very late into the night and quickly covers the Fort. As the swarm scattered out broken parts of the base began to restore themselves, fallen debris disappeared within seconds, and even damaged machines in the hangar are repaired to working order.
The culprit behind this can easily be found trying to stealthily exit his machine Unfortunately, a strange sense of guilt causes him to pause for a moment and take a long look at the partner he had practically abandoned, making it even easier to catch him in the act.]
....this is probably the only place that I can use you without having to worry.
The culprit behind this can easily be found trying to stealthily exit his machine Unfortunately, a strange sense of guilt causes him to pause for a moment and take a long look at the partner he had practically abandoned, making it even easier to catch him in the act.]
....this is probably the only place that I can use you without having to worry.
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Willis?
[And so Setsuko did. She looks really tired, but it's not because of recent events. It's just normal exhaustion.]
What are you doing?
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You're...
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[Busted]
Well...I thought I'd help out a bit...give people one less thing to worry about.
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[Something about this kid was familiar, but he couldn't place his finger on it.]
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But, it's nice of you Willis. I just want to ask:
Why didn't you do this during the day?
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[He isn't proud of mentioning that last bit.]
You were the one in one of the Grungusts that time...
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[Willis is clearly trying to look away, scratching the back of the neck as if he had something to hide.]
Let's just say that I would have preferred if no one knew it was me.
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[This was good, he's changing the topic for him.]
You haven't piloted the Werkbau in a while though, right?
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But others won't force you to be the cleanup crew over and over again, will they?
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...What was it that you just did?
[So much for that.]
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[That's technically the truth.]
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[Setsuko feels like she's repeating herself here.]
Why?
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[For a second he considers making up yet another story but...]
...I've been worried about Aegis or those crystal creatures showing up again.
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[Setsuko considers the alternatives. Some of them sound really bad.]
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As for my...old friends. It's harder for Aegis to make up an excuse to go after us if I'm not immediately recognizable.
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Well. No one here is definitely going to tell Aegis about what you did just now.
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That cloud...
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And...it's more that I would rather avoid causing any more problems for everyone. Call it a compromise between me wanting to disappear and wanting to stay here.
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Yet, this is the first time I've seen it in use...
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Alright. If you say so. And...
This is a compromise I'm happy with. I don't know about others, but I am. It's definitely better than the alternative.
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better late response than never, right?
Is there a reason why you are doing this stealthily, and not openly?