[quote=Akihisa Yoshii]
"It took a bit of time, since he was blocking the only exit and was doing a damn good job of it, but I managed to bleed his stone dry, and then he was as vulnerable as any other man." Creed recalls, looking straight.
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Again jotting this down, Tsubaki smiles.
"Would you mind me cutting you open, as to study this Stone?" She asks, still jotting notes.