Fourteenth Light

[curse_u_reflexes]

[So.  Back in Gucun once more... and with one last battle to fight and comparatively little to do until it except wait and help everyone else move out.  But Julia's still taken the time to go and visit what's... left of a nearby local: the smoldering crater where Herrera Futuristics' Earthside HQ used to be.]

Well, that's...

... I knew the Inspectors hit this area pretty hard too.  I just didn't think... exactly here...

[The place where Bertrand died almost two whole years ago on that terrible painful day for so many people, Cheng included.]

... One more battle for this soldier to fight, Mr. Herrera.  One more battle to protect our dream.

(Julia can be tagged either here or after she returns)

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Re: At Herrera HQ

[curse_u_reflexes]

[It takes a moment for Julia to regain her composure. But then-]

... Why would they?

Herrera was in the business of making weapons, and it's not like this place had very good security considering everything.

[rushing_wings]

Mercy? A sense of honor?

I don't know. but to reduce it to a crater after everything that happened. It feels...unfair.

[curse_u_reflexes]

Maybe...

... But its destruction's news to me... so I'm guessing the death toll was a lot less than it would've been if the nuke went off that one day.

Did I ever thank you for that? I know... I wasn't in the best state of mind after that... and you were the real hero out there that day. I mean, I could barely even make the new Corona move.

[rushing_wings]

You know that you don't need to thank me. I was just doing what I had to.

Throwing myself into dangerous situations recklessly is a habit I picked up after being on the Chalice for so long.

[curse_u_reflexes]

Fortunately an ability like the Laplace Wall helps you get away with that too.

[rushing_wings]

If you had seen how it performed the first time I used it you wouldn't think that.

I'm pretty lucky that Yuu and Gramps built a machine that fit me.

[curse_u_reflexes]

I know what you mean...

People who make machines for you... knowing they'd be a good fit...

That's just one sign that they're the best kind of people in the world.