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The fall is endless.
It all seems like broken pieces of a nightmare—showing every single moment that everyone has lived through, happy or sad.
Searing flames lie at the bottom of the abyss, blurring even the clearest of eyes.
She doesn't want the fall to stop... because she's way too tired. This seems to be what the voices in her head are telling her.
But... there seems to be something she hasn't yet finished, a promise she has yet to fulfill...
See more of this world for me... if you would.
Let's go—and let me show you what the world has to offer.
You're the one bearing their hopes, so you must press on.
Who... am I? Why do I... have to do this?
You're Alisa. You're the echo that makes us all proud.
Didn't you say you want to pursue your justice?
Aren't you going to go and check out the ocean... that little Eliza once saw?
Go. Wake up now...
...and see this world for us.
As though enshrouded by woolly clouds, her consciousness floats up and away from the nightmare and searing flames.
A sliver of light shines through as a cool breeze soothes her painful memories and the boiling pain in her M.I.N.D. dies down.
I... am Alisa...
I... am Echo!
...Cecily!
Next to her, the armor hums impatiently.
By the time the two of you made your way into the flying fortress, Pickman was long gone, leaving behind numerous M.I.N.D. disruptors as he did before.
...Which once again took a toll on Echo's M.I.N.D. After calling for help immediately, you performed emergency relief on Echo without cutting off the Deep M.I.N.D. connection with her for quite some time before she finally woke up.
My M.I.N.D...
We took a quick look at your M.I.N.D... but couldn't really tell what happened in there because your frame model is not one of Babylonia's.
All we can do is now report the situation to the Science Council and Star of Life and hope that they come up with a solution soon.
Also... it's best if you stop fighting now. Your frame is a real mess.
Some of your parts are suffering from lack of maintenance and overuse. See, this and this need to be swapped out, and...
Are you... from Babylonia?
With it, Echo jumps off the bed and tries to get out through the window.
I did promise you that I would go back to Babylonia with you, but that's not happening now!
...What?
When help has arrived, you relocate the still unconscious Echo to a safe location. You're trying to come up with an explanation about Echo's situation when your terminal starts beeping.
There is probably a signal interruption here. I received the same message before I arrived here.
Makes sense now, then.
Did you come across anything new about this flying fortress?
You mean...
Kugawa Kurono?
Lee looks at you with a frown.
I looked into his background after that but nothing caught my eye as suspicious, and his track record at Babylonia is clean, too.
The only reason someone would tell the world who they are when they've been trying so hard to stay on the low...
What exactly is giving him the confidence, though? Could it be... that his experiment turned out a success?
Those Kurono people have always been on their toes. We'd better stay put before gathering solid evidence.
He might have hidden some data on Babylonia. You need to let Asimov on this and have him copy the data before Babylonia gets their hands on it.
Copy that.
