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Report. We drove those Babylonians out of the security area.
Good.
But they're not showing signs of backing down. The monitoring device suggests that they're even planning to make camp in the outer part of the city.
Lady Qu, should we launch another attack?
That won't be necessary. They're only here to defend against the Ascendants.
So are we going to join forces with them?
I don't see them as our ally. We'll deal with them when the time is right.
Understood. So they, too, will be our enemy—is that what I should tell the others?
Yes, and be quick about moving the artifacts and the other exhibits. Speed up the database relocation to the core facility within the walls.
We're already on it, Lady Qu.
Now that all major factions have gathered here... we need a change of plans.
What a... dump.
The Ascendants quietly set foot in the city, but the area they find themselves in has long been abandoned by Kowloong.
Clingers to the old world, they are. They've been preserving not only local artifacts, but also museum relics from other cultures, or so I've heard?
Mm-hmm... Never saw the point of that, though.
The value of a collection is defined by the collector. Outsider eyes and words matter not.
Is that one of the lines in that book of yours, Gabriel?
Yes, Miss Luna.
You'd have to lend that book to me someday.
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The Corrupted slowly make their way through the opening and gather behind the Ascendants—praying, worshipping, waiting.
They know not what is to befall. They know only that they follow orders.
Quite pitiful numbers, but, sufficient, hm?
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Alpha turns her gaze to Roland, then to Gabriel and Lamia. They reach a mutual agreement.
Gabriel and I will stay together. Lamia, you do what you do best and find a way inside the city.
H-huh...? I-I have to be on my own?! M-Miss Luna...!
Please, Lamia?
Um, I...
The idea of going solo seems to have frightened Lamia, but Luna only answers her plea of help with a gentle smile.
O-okay...
That's settled then. Take your fleet of Corrupted and move out.
Luna is gazing into the distance. Alpha commands the other three in her place.
Tourism! How exciting.
Miss Luna, do wait for my good news.
Aw... sniff... I-I need a manual for how to work with these people...
The three leave with the Corrupted, and silence takes over. Luna nudges toward Alpha.
Sister, just for, a little longer, like this...
As long as you want.
