Rose thought for a moment before answering Izumi's polite offering of assistance. Rose then smiled nicely, "[color=00aeef]Sorry, Izumi, I will be able to handle anything that happens. Emiri's voice has just made me nervous. I didn't see that last battle, and I know she did not come out of it like normal. Now you can go to bed if you like. Try not to pollute my meditation room with nightmares. It would upset the magical balance of the entire room.[/color]" 

Rose turned her attention back to her soul gem. Instead of hearing Emiri like she hoped, she received a disturbing report form an old acquaintance. A magical girl hunter? That idea was not laughable but it seemed to come way out of left field. Why jump all the way to a hunter of magical girls rather a new form of Primordial? The call came from way too far off. Rose did not feel like she could or even should respond to it. She would meet up with her when she came to Miko. 

The moment that Izumi left the room to go to bed. Rose felt a presence. It did not matter how many locks she hid herself behind. She knew he could get in. The contractor leapt like a cat onto the back of Rose's couch. It looked at her with the unblinking eyes, "[b]This is usual for you, Rose. You have never let people into your lair before. What are you planning? Does this mean you have stopped being an mere observer?[/b]" 

Rose took a seat on her couch and leaned back. "[color=00aeef]That is for me to know. If you want to know, then you will just have to keep watching, my beloved contractor. I could never be as objective of an observer like you, because unlike you I am actually involved.[/color]" Rose grabbed the remote and turned on her tv set. She did not have cable and she was too deep underground to get the local channels. She flipped through her large selection of anime, movies and shows. She eventually put on an anime that was filled with giant fighting robots with a romantic subplot. She then listened to her soulgem. The Contractor circled up like a cat in Rose's lap. Rose gently petted it.

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