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*There is a dull thud, and then the feed flickers on - it seems somebody has thrown the book onto the ground in disgust. That somebody is a petite-looking blonde girl in the standard New Feather sundress, though her hair is tied up in tails by two black ribbons that some might say make her look like she has rabbit ears.

And she is absolutely livid; all but steaming as she speaks sharply out loud.* --the meaning of this?

Is this some pathetic joke? Have you any idea of with whom you're dealing? To take someone like me and affix these... appendages - not to mention to forcibly change my clothing? How disgusting. I feel as though I shall never be again, thanks to the hands of you perverted, mouth-breathing imbeciles.

Nago, Gii, where are you? Come here at once! Every time I imagine you cannot possibly become more useless, you prove me wrong.

Whatever feeble-minded idiot has summoned me to this place, I demand to be returned this very instant! If you are hasty, I might even deign to show you mercy - the longer you drag your heels, the more excruciating my retribution will become.

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Wounds were licked, and the slower among you finally began to grasp the magnitude of the potential challenges ahead.

But if you were praying for some world-shaking event to have transpired in the mere days since then, I'm afraid you shall be rather disappointed.

[Cryptic as always, but from what she picked up... nothing bad happened after that.

Siiigh.] That's good to hear.

In that we have averted a catastrophe? Yes, it is.

But I trust you realize that your freedom from your scheming little puppetmaster came at a very high price.

[Oh boy. There shouldn't be any doubt that she wouldn't realize that; not with the look she's giving the moment she realizes just what Rachel means. And it didn't take long. Almost out of shame, Noel averts her eyes away from Rachel.]

I know. I-I know it did. [But why? Why did he go so far? She hesitates a little, and then adds:]

He... shouldn't have done that for me.

*If Rachel feels any sympathy for the girl, her expression certainly doesn't show it.* No, he shouldn't. But what has transpired has transpired, and no amount of tears on your part will change it.

You should count yourself fortunate that he chose not to kill you instead.

[Honestly, if all this came at such a cost, then Noel would have preferred to have just...

...no. She thinks that now, but when it comes down to it the thought of dying scares her. With the way the world is, and what she's learned... she's extremely lucky to still even be alive at this point. She's already lucky enough to be herself again. ... For now.] I'm indebted to him for that reason.

Though your debts run far deeper than just that one man... you certainly are.

*Rachel is quiet for a moment.* Do you know why he chose to sacrifice so much for a meek little girl like you?

[...] Why?

Exactly why? I haven't a clue.

But for all of his many, many, many flaws, that man is... determined. His pride will not allow him to accept defeat when most would say he ought to. He fights until he is filthy and broken, and then fights further still, no matter the cost.

It is foolish and short-sighted, but... admirable, in some strange way.

That's... [Though she didn't know him well back home, here... at least here, Noel got the chance to get to know him better.] That sounds just like him.

[Which brings up another question.] Have you known Ragna for a long time?

*Of course she has. She's known him for lifetimes and lifetimes. But she can't say the same for how long he's known her... and that isn't something she wants to broadcast.* One might say that. Time passes much more quickly for the actors than the audience, after all.

*She goes silent and then her gaze hardens again* Of course, this is absolutely no business of someone like you.

[... D: That stare.] I-I was just curious.

And yet, there is an ancient adage about curiosity and the health of felines, is there not?

I have known Ragna since before he earned the name "Bloodedge." Does that satisfy your silly little curiosity?

[What does--oh.

...Bloodedge...] Really? That must have been a really long time, then...

Haven't you understood a word I've said, little girl? Time is purely relative.

I-I know! I just...

[Bloodedge... fdjgdjskds need distraction]

--found it sort of... neat?

"Neat."

...how juvenile.

Y-Yeah...

... I guess it is.

Oh, for goodness' sake, don't you dare make that sort of miserable face in my presence. You really ought to grow a spine once in a while.

[fdkhfkdsa WHY SO MEAN.] --I already have one!

*She's just speaking the truth* That which is never observed may as well not exist.

I'm not...

[...ffffff. She should just. Stop there. Before it gets worse; Noel would prefer not to start anything, especially now.]

...n-nevermind. Is... there anything else you'd wish to know about this place? [Or can I leave now.]

*You owe Rachel for the wing, Noel.* Where do these imbeciles expect us to live? I will not stand for a filthy little hovel, you know.

[She knows. 8C]

... Oh! That's right. [How could she forget something so important--oh, they were too busy ~~fangirling~~ discussing Ragna.] There's actually a village nearby that has houses, apartments, and stores.

[...] The stores... might have your belongings.

A village? How quaint.

If they do not, there will be hell to reckon with. I do not relish the idea of spending any further time than is necessary in this... thing.

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