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The Dark Mirror, it seemed, had thoroughly taken care of herself--whatever was going on with her magic, she definitely looked like she wasn't going to be a problem anymore. Maybe she might even learn a lesson about being a total selfish jackass. Probably not, but whatever, she was down, and that was what really mattered.

Which meant that Casablanca had something way more important to worry about.

That Page. She was pretty sure he was brand new, he'd looked so confused by everything, especially when he'd gone to run away. And she knew that, throguh no one else's fault but the bad luck of the universe giving her another totally new Page as her buddy in Awakening, she'd ended up flailing around a lot as a Page, until she finally found her footing. She did not want to leave this new Page to that. And anyway, he was a Lysithea Knight like Stirling, who was one hundred percent Casablanca's best friend, so that meant she was probably at least a little responsible for him.

So she ran after him, jumping up onto the roof.

"Hey! Hey, wait! Are you okay?"

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Casablanca gaped. There was a brief moment where she simply could not process what he was saying, because ti was so--rude? Mean? Utterly unenthused about being a magical warrior for justice? All of the ******** above???

"Hey!" She snapped. "A little gratitude! I saved your a**!" To say the absolute least! Sure, the Dark Mirror couldn't pull starseeds, and probably that Senshi wouldn't have been interested in doing real harm, but he didn't know that.

"And fine, if I'm your tutorial NPC or whatever, you'd better ******** listen, because there's people out there who can literally rip your soul out of your chest, and no amount of being a giant ******** d**k is gonna save you from that."

"There we ******** go," Casablanca grumbled. She had no idea what "meimei" meant, but at least it didn't sound insulting, or whatever.

"Yep,. ripping uot souls." She tromped over to him, closed her fist, and tapped it against the center of his chest. "Right here, you've got something called a starseed. It's basically the physical embodiment of your soul. And people who serve Chaos=--they can reach right in there and rip it out. Good news is, it's not hard to spot them. they'll be the ones wearing black and carrying weapons, or with freaky holes in their chests and foreheads and stupid long hair. Also, you can sense auras now, and Chaos ones will feel....bad. Vibes as rancid as they are, honestly." She paused, briefly.

"Keeping up so far?"

"Good. We'll make a decent Knight of you yet," Casablanca said. "WE can walk and talk for a little, and I can give you some more of the lowdown," she offered, "or, you know, you can press X and end this tutorial mission right here. Up to you."

Whatever he chose, Casablanca hoped he was alright. And she would have to remember to tell Stirling that she had a new brother in arms who was kind of a jerk, but probably decent deep down.