[For only a couple of minutes or so, the NV's on video feed. Seth is shown with her back turned, but her clothes are all torn up again, much like when she first arrived. Just like before, there's little in the way of visible injuries to be seen---a few scuffs and scratches. What's different this time, however, is that those scratches and scuffs
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...You heard how the Core got damaged recently, right?
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I hadn't. Was that you?
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... Were you able to beat them?
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[A small, tired-sounding sigh.]
...A good majority of the swarm that had suddenly attacked me, yes. In the end I had to retreat---I'm only one person. [And she didn't want to risk overextending her Crusnik nanomachines, especially after the incident during the eclipse.] There was also no end to them.
They've certainly got spirit---they act more ravenously than the normal Darkness creatures.
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[thin hope, but there it was.]
It's good to hear that you're well, though.
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They aren't temporary, Allen. Someone told me that these new creatures have a definite source. I don't have a name for the culprit, but my instincts have been confirmed.
[But then, a small chuckle.]
Why, thank you for your concern. Still---it'll take more than even a swarm of those pesky imps to really do any sort of considerable damage to my person.
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[if it were video, she'd catch his shaky smile at that; as it is, it sounds only like silence.]
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[And she'll remain mum on any further hints concerning her true abilities. She doesn't want to scare this poor kid.]
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At least there's groups who support us, now. Even if they might not be doing it out of an honest reason.
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And there's only so much those groups can do. In the end, we only have each other.
[A wry chuckle.] Most of the time, anyway.
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