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[diabolic_ace]

Aimlessly wandering around the city again (it was so big), Hayate had managed to stumble upon the Statuary. She walked up and down the hall, marveling at the various works of stone and metal. At first she had tried to flick some of the switches, but after three or four flips on a few didn't result in a thing, she didn't bother with they any

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[herblessedwind]

Having just re-found Hayate Reinforce had adopted a mildly clingy attitude towards her, and her stop at the statuary inevitably brought Rein out to see what her wielder was up to.

Hayate was, she found, seated on top of a stone lion, but Rein's enthusiasm for just about everything about the girl - no, woman now - could be a bit blinding at times and she entertained for now the thought that there might be some clever purpose to it beyond play.

"Hayate," she called warmly as she approached the base of the statue, "What are you doing?"

[herblessedwind]

"Yes." One word, but she meant it. Crossing the dimensions, devastating wars, she was familiar with these things but the scale of the events they had become party to and the suddenness with which they had been thrust into them made them difficult to deal with so easily.

"Do you know what you want to do?" She asked. Sometimes action could come before understanding. Sometimes it must, as she had decided here...

[diabolic_ace]

"I'm wary of being used too. ... I wanna know more about what the problem... what the enemy is."

"I'm not so optimistic to think at the end of this I'll be goin' back home... I may have to make a new one, but I do know I don't wanna let this happen to anyone else."

[herblessedwind]

"There is a man named Cargn who knows more than anyone else. He is not the most powerful, nor does he have a formal leadership position... but I think he is much of what gives the crew what focus they have." Though her voice made it clear she thought they had too little still. "You should ask him, if you do not wish to wait to see for yourself."

Rein smiled to herself again, sadly. It spoke well of the master she loved that she still thought of others when her world - her personal world - had been torn apart, but it was not a strength you hoped to have cause to see.

"I know you don't. And I will be there to help you."

[diabolic_ace]

She took in a deep, steadying breath as she closed her eyes and held back the slightest bit of watering. "You and Signum are gonna have to do the work of all five of ya for now. I'm counting on you..."

[herblessedwind]

She felt the breath, and through it could almost see the eyes as they were in her mind.

"Hayate..." She said hesitantly, but the young woman spoke clearly, so she said no more and instead answered her. "Please do. As much as you need, you can lean on us."