Not so mysterious anymore (takes place right after 'Arbitration')

[a_centered_mind]

What a long day...

[After the battle alongside the SSR, the UG has an additional member (temporary) to its roster. Elys, as she is known, looks up briefly at her damaged machine, and then down at the wound in her abdomen - both have already begun to self-recover. She then turns to face you.]

...I decided to come with you because I heard that Willis has been causing some trouble here.

Either way, if you have questions, I'll try my best to answer them.

Comments

[a_centered_mind]

[Nod.]

...I pulled some strings for you.

[a_linear_mind]

...is that supposed to make up for it?

What if I hadn't left ESUN or turned down the job. Would you have just kept pretending that Elys Frimaire never existed?

[For whatever reason, he was still holding a significant grudge over that one thing.]

[a_centered_mind]

...

I was hoping it would, idiot.

You're not the only one who feels bad about it.

[a_linear_mind]

...you were my closest friend and you disappeared from my life. I cared about you...a lot.

If you really felt bad about it then maybe you should have said something sooner, perhaps during the decade when I was pretty much working right under you Elyssa Soleil.

[a_centered_mind]

You weren't working under me. I gave Silvius your credentials ahead of a list he already had, and he decided to take you in.

And I couldn't say anything. It was the condition that came with taking up my job.

I had to change my name to get into the academy; did you wonder why that was?

[a_linear_mind]

I haven't really had time to think about considering you just came back into existence today.

Is it really that hard for you to just...

[This was getting frustrating.]

[a_centered_mind]

...Just...what?

[a_linear_mind]

...forget it

[And he turns to leave.]

Enjoy your time here Ms.Soleil

[a_centered_mind]

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