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[deputychief]

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[deputychief]

[Man. He turns away obediently.]

Of course. Well, what is it that you saw out there? Are things going well?

[integrous]

It's difficult to say with how much is going on out there. [ She just gets to work as she talks, even if she has little pauses inbetween to make sure she isn't doing a shoddy job since she's being distracted.. and apparently she trusts him enough to not peek. ] But.. the enemy definitely is strong. Not that I'm saying we'll lose for sure or anything, but it's going to be pretty difficult. [ Her tone tightens a little at that, part of her does fear they'll lose, and then.. then what? Will they all just die..? ]

Good thing we definitely have some good fighters out there on our side.

[deputychief]

[Peeking at a wound would probably not exactly be the stuff of adolescent boys' dreams anyway. Although she does have big--]

... Yes, we do. Though I fear if they are launching a full-scale assault on a city they must be rather confident that despite our previously shown combat abilities, their army is at least numerically stronger, and perhaps even better combatants, too.

Either way, it seems like it may be a crucial moment for us. [Which us? Who knows.]

[integrous]

[ at least he has her instead of sex appeal zero.. ]

More than just crucial. [ She's taking the 'us' more in general, since she's more used to that than thinking of us as in.. well, you know, a couple-- she's still getting used to that part. ] It's a matter of life and death, isn't it?

[deputychief]

So it seems. I don't know that this would be our last stand, but -- on the other hand, the risk is there.

[He smiles faintly.] At least, I suppose, we can say it's not a time to miss anything that we want to do - though as long as it is safe inside the city walls, it doesn't quite seem real, does it?

[integrous]

.. Yeah. When we're just sitting here and talking, you wouldn't say they're in battle not even too far away from here.. [ She finally finishes fixing up the wound, at least. ]

There, you can turn back now. It's safe.

[ safe from.. what, Asahi.. (her fists, probably.) ]

[deputychief]

[Yeah, "safe" actually is probably a good word for that...

He does turn back, in any case.]

Indeed. It's important to decide then exactly what we're planning to do these next few days.

[integrous]

Do you want to stick together..?

[ It's mostly a question out of curiosity, but there's also part of a request in it. If there's anyone she would worry about the most in this place, it's him, after all. ]

[deputychief]

[He hesitates for a moment, then nods.]

It may not be the safest, but still, it might be best.

[integrous]

I don't think anything is fully safe right now. [ And she doesn't really care. At least, not as far as she's concerned - maybe when other people are concerned, but she's not worried for herself. ]

So.. at least when we're together, we can make sure we're both okay.

[deputychief]

[He glances over. He's still not sure about that. He feels like they might spur each other into more danger than otherwise. But there's no better choice here.]

Together it is, then, Asahi. I'm glad to hear it.