Renee wakes up in the witch's maw (I guess)
Renee: !!
Renee: Shit ... my right arm ... (it's still gone)
Renee: But ... what's this place?
Riful: Oh, you're awake?
Riful: I'm glad. You just wouldn't wake up, so I was worried.
Renee: !! Abyssal one, Riful of the West?
Riful: Exactly. As to be expected from a warrior that excels in Yoki-reading, your perception is good.
Riful: But, I was so worried because you wouldn't wake up. I was self-criticising myself for overdoing it.
Renee: what?!
Renee: !! (she discovers her legs lying on the floor) !!!
Renee: WHA...
Riful: *giggle*
Renee: UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Riful: Look, you're a rather quick warrior, right? So I became too careful and took precaution after precaution.
Riful: You're the warrior I've been wanting for so long, so I wouldn't want you to escape again.
Riful: Really, please forgive me, ok?
Renee (crying): Y...YOU .... ("kisama")
Riful: Don't make such a scary face. You're a defensive type, right? If it all goes well, you should be able to regenerate them, even your arm.
Riful: But regeneration becomes more and more difficult as time passes, so I think you should hurry up.
Renee: !
Riful: That's why, I want you to cooperate with me. And then I will release you.
Renee: And what guarantees that I can trust your words?
Riful: Nothing really. But once we're done here I'm not interested in what happens to you.
Riful: If you leave from here and report to the organisation, that's not a problem. Maybe Duff would want to play with you, but someone like you should be able to escape.
Riful: Therefore, cooperating with me without any hesitation is your best choice. If you take too long, you will lose everything.
Renee: What ... should I do ... ?
Duff (appears): I brought it.
Riful: Just right. Our conversation is finished as well. So, hang that in front of her.
(something is hung up on chains in front of Renee)
Renee: ....... what .... what is this .... ??
Riful: How do you like it? It's wonderful, isn't it? Something I picked up seven years ago ...
(change of location to Rabona)
(in the cathedral of Rabona)
Vincent: Is your left arm allright now?
Galatea: Yes, thanks to all of you. My fellow warriors helped me. It might take about one week and my arm should be the same as before.
Galatea: 47 ... no, Clare seems to be an aquaintance of yours, Father Vincent.
Vincent: Yes, seven years ago she saved this town from a Yoma. And this time ... it's a debt that cannot be repaid anymore. But if there is anything that we can do to help you, I'll happily accept.
Galatea: I really have to be grateful to my companions...
Vincent: Father Mor is also waiting for your return.
Galatea: !
Vincent: He is troubled because the children coming to church keep asking him everyday about your (sister's) whereabouts. He wants you to come back quickly and take care of the children.
Galatea: If somebody like me is fine, I'll happily accept.
! (Miata comes running in)
Clarice: Hey, you can't do that, Miata! Running naked in front of people... we're still in the middle of taking a bath!
Miata: I hate taking a bath. I hate water...
Vincent: Come on, no matter how small/young you are, a girl being in the cathedral looking like this ... !!!
Galatea: !
Clarice: ah ...
Vincent: Come on, go back. (sends her back to Clarice) Girls that don't take baths will be hated (? not sure about this one)
Clarice (puts a towel on Miata): Miata, if you run away again, I won't sleep together with you.
Clarice (to Vincent): I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I will pay attention this time.
Vincent: In fact, you are worse ("you are poison to the eyes" ? oO ) Make sure not to be seen by any of the young monks.
Galatea: ... you aren't very surprised, having seen our bodies.
Vincent: I have seen the same thing on Clare's body before. When she had been pierced by a Yoma I tried to treat her wound and I saw this ... honestly, I was surprised. I was scared I could hardly treat her. I even did stupid things such as putting the bandage on from above her clothes...
Vincent: I dispice myself from that time. That wasn't a way to behave towards somebody risking her live to fight for us.
Galatea: It can't be helped. That's the proof of us being half human and half Yoma. Because it is some kind of "stigma" showing that something resides in this body which should be avoided/is taboo/detested.
Vincent: You/your kind is really strong. And way more merciful and has more integrity than any of us. Please let me pray for you and your wonderful companions.
(location changes to Clare & Co. outside)
(Clare is gazing into the distance, the others arrive)
Clare: !
Miria: Clare, do you want to go to the west?
Clare: Miria ... I ...
Miria: Go there. And clean up all your regrets. (?)
Clare: !
Helen: wha..., Miria!
Miria: When we left the north you said that you had two big objectives. One is probably to recompense all the souls you lost/that died. And the other one is to meet with the boy you kept searching. With one of these left, you cannot move forward.
Miria: This is not only about Clare. I want to ask all of you. The fight against the organisation will involve the abyssal ones and will be an extremely brutal fight. It will probably be the final battle. Before that, if any of you has things left to do, please settle them.
(silence, only Helen says "eh?")
Miria: I've said this before, but in this battle there is no guarantee for your lives. Therefore, I want you to look anew at the path you should take with as few regrets as possible. In the end, if you change your mind and don't come back, that is alright as well. If you're able to find your way of life somewhere that will probably also be what our fallen comrades would wish for.
Miria: But I want you to move at least in pairs of two. No matter where you go the basic rule is "at least 2 people". If you stick to this, you can go wherever you want.
Miria: I will stay here and wait for your return, but when the time comes I plan to take action even if I'm alone.
Helen: Well then, maybe I should go as well. I don't want to be on stand-by in this town while waiting for Clare to return. And when I think about it, since I left my hometown I've never been back there. Come with me, Deneve. Your town is also quite near.
Deneve: I'm not really interested in my hometown, but if you're going I'll go with you.
Miria: What about you, Uma, Cynthia and Tabitha?
Cynthia: I don't have a hometown anymore, so it's alright.
Tabitha: I don't really have any memories of my hometown, so I want to stay here with captain Miria.
Uma: M ... my hometown is a small town in the east close to the organisation . In the current situation returning there seems impossible since it's too dangerous.
Miria: I see. Then, Cynthia, Uma, go to the west together with Clare.
Uma: !!
Cynthia: Understood.
Clare: Wait Miria, I'm fine on my own ...
Miria: I think I said it already. The basic rule is to move in groups of two at least. If you can't accept that I'll have you stay here. Especially you, you have a tendency to get out of control, so in such a messy situation it is reasonable to have about 2 people stay with you.
Clare: .....
Helen: hehehe, not only Cynthia but even Uma (?). That way if things get dangerous Clare won't be able to run wild as she wants to (or something like that)
Miria: Anyway, move carefully. Especially avoid contact with awakened beings and other warriors at all costs, in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts. I will pray from here for all of you to be save.
(location changes back to Riful and Renee)
Renee: This ... is .....
(we see Luciela and Raphaela)
Renee: are they ... merging?
Riful: Seven years ago the abyssal ones Isley and Luciela fought, Luciela was defeated and driven away from the south. Chasing after her, her younger sister Raphaela, whose failure turned her sister into an abyssal, stood before Luciela in order to take her life. But Raphaela loved her older sister, but still, killing her who had turned into a monster was Raphaela's obligation.
Riful: Then, Raphaela managed to kill and protect Luciela at the same time.
Renee: !
Riful: The moment she killed her sister, she let her own life flow into her. I suppose she didn't do it on purpose, but in the end, this is how it turned out.
Riful: What do you think? It's beautiful isn't it? I lived for a long time, but I've never seen anything so beautiful.
Riful: Duff.
(Duff impales the two with a stick)
Renee: !!!
Riful: But, as you can see, they don't respond at all, no matter what you do. So, I realized, any force from the outside is useless. Probably no matter what, they won't respond until they die. That's why I needed a warrior who excels in Yoki-reading. A warrior that might be able to stimulate them from the inside, in other words, manipulate the Yoma-powers/flow?...
Riful: If their consciousness returns, most likely an entity different from Luciela will be born. Without doubt its power will equal an abyssal one.
Riful: Honestly, we don't know at all how strong this will be if it awakens. Surely, a demon might be born or a snake ...
Riful: The ideal would be for this to be an obedient child just a tiny bit weaker than me. If it's too weak it won't be useful ...
Renee: What if .... something stronger than you is born?
Riful: Silly, it's obvious. I will kill it before it awakens completely.
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