[center][h2]Tomoe[/h2][/center]

Tomoe nodded back to Taka. "If there's a possibility of finding the others without risking more casualties, I am bound by duty to go after them. Now that being said, that all depends on the [i]possibility,[/i] but we should decide quickly..."

Tomoe gripped her weapon. "That being said I have been sent here to perform the duty of protection first and foremost. And I don't know how much say I've got given how I've just merely appeared in the heat of battle. I assure you, I'm an ally."

She thought back to the feelings of loneliness she suffered in her childhood, how that anxiety persisted through her life; she did not want anyone to be stranded amongst a sea of enemies.

Her weapon was an asset, but it was just one, two, three people within a tidal wave. One does not stop a tsunami by throwing a stone at it. "I do not wish to be a hindrance to the group, so if we want to save the others, we're gonna have to work quickly and carefully. Is that [i]plausible?[/i]"