[h2]Saten Ruiko[/h2]

At this point, Ruiko couldn't restrain herself. A dog that was there, but wasn't?! This had to have something to do with the rumor! There was no way it wasn't something to do with it. Stepping forward, she couldn't stop herself. Sure, it was a job for Judgement, but on the other hand she knew that bringing up the rumor would help out! After all, if this girl got away from the ghost, that meant that there was a whole lot they could learn about it!

"That dog must be related to the ghost!" she declared, "After all, why else would one person see a dog and the other person only see some guy?"

[h2]Misaka Mikoto[/h2]

For a few moments, Mikoto was silent after the smaller girl relayed her story, and the highschooler mentioned that she hadn't seen a dog. Judging by their testimony, it was pretty obvious that something had happened, but what exactly? This was Academy City, and naturally that meant it was very likely that there was some kind of Esper power behind the appearance of the dog... the rumor about the ghost was just plain silly. Still, what kind of power would it be? Maybe it was some kind of illusion, or appearance-masking?

"... If only one of you saw the dog..." Mikoto began, thinking things through as she spoke, "... Then maybe it was some kind of illusion? Or its appearance was masked?"

She didn't pause for a moment to think that she was basically taking over for Judgement right now, and asking all the questions before they did. It was just what was coming naturally to her, Mikoto had to help out.