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[needtobecleaned]

[There's a pair of crimson eyes gazing into the PDA's screen, blue hair framing her face and a strange piece of head gear that most certainly can't be called a helmet. There's no expression on her face, she's quite serious right now. Ensuring that she wasn't there alone had been her first priority after the Valkyrie had brought her. There was a vague sense of relief that she wouldn't admit to, when she found three names listed: Gaignun Kukai Junior, Shion Uzuki and Wilhelm.

Mary's Will responded to the last name but not enough that either one would switch control right now.]

I am KOS-MOS, an Anti-Gnosis Annihilation Weapon. I was brought here, as most of you were, by the Valkyrie to defend this place.

I have a priority that supersedes that however. Shion. I request that we meet somewhere as soon as possible. I can be located, at most times, in the Palace District where I have been assigned residence. Or I can come find you. My programming allows me to keep track of your life readings.

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[needtobecleaned]

I'm not entirely sure about that. It feels like we're betraying their trust, thinking that way.

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[oforder]

Unfortunately, humans are incapable of saving themselves. There is no other option. This is the way that it has to be.

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[needtobecleaned]

I... I know that.

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[oforder]

Then you will understand when I say that I desire an alternative to the Eternal Recurrence, as well. It was never meant to be a permanent solution.

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[needtobecleaned]

I do understand, better than most people.

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[oforder]

Of course. I never doubted you for a moment. Else, you would not be given the flesh you now wear as your own.

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[needtobecleaned]

No, of course not. You never were the type of person to do something unless it helped in the long run.

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[oforder]

You are necessary to ensure Yeshua's power is properly contained.

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[needtobecleaned]

I know but he isn't here right now.

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[oforder]

And yet, here you are.

Yeshua will arrive soon enough, I am sure. One way or another. Even he knows what will happen if he still exists in our universe, without either you or myself to contain him.

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[needtobecleaned]

How can you be so certain..?

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Yeshua will not intentionally risk the activation of Anima. Not while you and I, the only things keeping him in check, are no longer present.

Yeshua is many things, but malevolent is not one of them.

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[needtobecleaned]

I know that he isn't. The Valkyrie should have approached him with us then.

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[oforder]

And I am certain that they will.

[ Because they wouldn't dare risk the destruction of someone else's universe... would they? ]

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[needtobecleaned]

I only hope that it is soon.

[Sadly, Mary didn't know. She wasn't alive to study Norse mythology and such.]

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[oforder]

You are staying in the Palace District, correct?

[ Time for a subject change. ]

I trust you will ensure Shion's safety? She has an important role to play in our own universe, as you are well aware.

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[needtobecleaned]

I am, yes.

[Good change.]

Of course I will. She died once because of me... I won't let anything happen to her again.

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[oforder]

And neither will I.

I have been using Joshua as a surrogate for myself in the battlefield. I trust you will have no objections?

[ Despite Joshua's role as everything from the power core of the Dämmerung to an integral role in the activation of Zarathustra, Joshua is, of course, an immensely powerful mech. Though, Mary herself might have issues with it playing an active combat role. ]

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[needtobecleaned]

No, I don't have any objections. KOS-MOS will be operating Dinah when necessary, she won't confront Joshua.

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[oforder]

Of course not. She cannot defy me. Only you can do that, if it were ever your desire to do so.

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[needtobecleaned]

[Wasn't it Wilhelm that always commented that Mary couldn't defy him?]

I don't have any reason to. Any methods I had, failed.

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[oforder]

[ Oh, he knows, he's just testing her now that they're in a new universe, where people seemingly just need to fight to save it. ]

Of course. How silly of me.

[ Almost... mocking. ]

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[needtobecleaned]

[Wow... He actually just made her feel like a child being scolded. No, he wouldn't win this one. She went for help when she knew it was beyond her abilities. There was no shame in that.]

I'm not afraid to claim that I needed help. And still do.

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[oforder]

As did I, with Zarathustra. I am not ignorant of the fact that it cannot work without Yeshua, you, and the Maiden.

You shall have it, Mary. Though I am trusting you, as well.

[ Wilhelm was never one to be overly berating, as well. Even when he scolded Kevin for failing to protect T-elos, he wasn't overly harsh. ]

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[needtobecleaned]

I know that you aren't. You've always known more than we could hope to.

I assure you that you can trust me.