Rebel 33 [Voice]
[The past few days have been a little overwhelming. Between Hinamizawa Syndrome and Nu getting smashed and several hours of overtime at the clinic, Litchi is hitting the point where she's getting burned out. Rather than keep pushing herself, she's actually taking a day off. It's a rainy day, after all; what better time for a break
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... I am glad to hear that Nu is alright. Was I correct about her having a punctured lung? I... have little in the way of medical experience, but that bloodied cough... [Robert shudders a little. It reminds him of what happened to Helios.]
Is... Nu really so closely associated with Yuber as to warrant my death if I try to assist her? [Robert's still obviously shaken from yesterday. So much happened in that brief span... It was really the first time in his entire life that he had felt genuinely in danger of dying.] I... can certainly understand why he would be upset, if they are close... A completely unwarranted attack like that is absolutely unthinkable.
[He exhales slowly; softly.] I am more or less alright at the moment. Thank you... for protecting me. But... but you really should not have done that. You could have been killed and... nobody should ever fight. [His voice is hesitant, weaker. His normal intense conviction for this has wavered, just the slightest bit, and that grain of self-doubt is enough to make him really wonder just what Luceti is doing to him.]
D-Did... did you get attacked, Doctor Faye-Ling, or... was he rational enough to leave you be?
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As for me, I'm just fine. I've... honestly been in worse situations before. I have to admit, I hadn't known they were quite so close before. [Her tone is uncertain.] They were together during the Valentine's experiment, but... well.
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... and... [Robert's voice is full of genuine emotion. A lot of the worry and fear and self-loathing fades away from this.] ... I... am glad that you are alright... I was very worried about your safety.
And, I see... well, that would explain some things, but... perhaps they were already together before then? Just... At any rate, it was barbaric that Nu was attacked at all.
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But... thank you for the concern. Really. I can hold my own well enough, but I have to admit, I was a little worried, myself.
[Angry Yuber is not something she'd care to ever repeat seeing.]
I suppose it's a possibility that they were together before that, though... I'm a little surprised I never knew. [And she'll just keep her mouth shut on the opinion of "It was only a matter of time before someone attacked Nu."]
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... Is the medical ability of the... magical spirits [- geez, that is still weird to say -] sufficient for this sort of thing? Perhaps I ought to consider attempting to learn it. [If he can even do so at all.]
And... I suppose that means you can fight too, then... [Robert's voice has traces of sadness in it. He is quickly beginning to realize that other worlds are mostly fighting worlds, and that many of his friends - and his own partner - are also capable of fighting. As much as the majority of his mind still reviles the prospect, he is also - more slowly - beginning to realize that those two sections - the fighting section and the kind, gentle section - are capable of existing in tandem.
All he sees when he's met Litchi were those kind, gentle, intelligent parts of her... And those parts, he hopes, outweigh whatever fighting parts she has.]
Do you know Nu well yourself, then? I had... only spoken to her once before, which is how I know her name. I nearly did not recognize her with all of that armour on... But it is quite lucky she had it, otherwise her assailant might have done much more grevious damage to her. [He shakes his head, looking sick.] The attacker should be brought to whatever justice exists in Luceti. There is no excuse for attacking somebody like that.
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[She just gives a soft 'hmm' in answer to the fighting ability.] It's... nothing something I'm proud of, I have to admit. I prefer not to fight if I can.
[Uncertain pause. It takes her a moment to find the right words.]
...I wouldn't say I know Nu well. But I do know her to some extent. She's from the same world I am.
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... I am glad to hear this, Doctor Faye-Ling. [He is. It confirms what he hoped - that Litchi was... somewhat like Donatello, in that regard. That she could fight but... didn't like to do it.]
Ah, is that so? Is she a common... subspecies there? ... I honestly cannot tell if she is a human sapient or a non-human sapient...
... Are there many others from your world, here?
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...No. She's not something common at all. To my knowledge, there have only ever been 13 of them, and she's the thirteenth. [And the twelfth is also here in Luceti, but Litchi keeps trying to push that out of her mind. Noel is Noel, and that's it.] ...She's a living weapon, to put it simply.
[Her voice falters a bit here.] There used to be more of us around Luceti, but yes, there's still a fairly good number. I live with two - a lieutenant in our world's military, Tsubaki, and a... cat girl named Taokaka. [Easiest way to explain it.] Noel was another lieutenant. Our world's most wanted bounty is here as well, although... he honestly doesn't cause much trouble. There used to be five more, including the professor I worked for some years ago, but they've all been sent home.
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It makes him a little sick to think about.]
I see... so your world has other genetically engineered organisms as well? [This is what he understands from "cat girl".] But at least you are not alone, Doctor Faye-Ling. [Unlike myself. Robert realizes that many people here will never understand what Terra is like unless they were to go there.
And that's depressing.]
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We had quite a few genetically-engineered creatures, yes. The entire Kaka clan is an example. I studied them on the side when I lived in Orient Town.
It is nice to have some others from a similar background here, but... I've found that all of us in Luceti have similar enough worlds that we can all still relate to one another and understand each other. For all our differences, when you get right down to it, all of our worlds are very much alike.
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But...]
I suppose so... but, Doctor Faye-Ling, I have found that many people cannot understand Terra. The idea of a war-free, pacifistic world is one that seems to be almost unfathomable to many...
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