Hitori nodded at Cassius' request as he told the Dolls to Assist in Tidying up the place. He watched as Ritsu began to calm down out of his trance state and noticed he seemed exhausted, he may not particularly like Ritsu but he wasn't about to have Cassius worrying for no reason over that Monkey; reaching into his robes he pulled out an Apple and offered it to Ritsu, "It's not much but it will replenish you a bit. You burn too brightly for something so supposedly empty." Hitori said to him with a bit of concern in his voice.

Ritsu took the apple slowly and accepted the strange truce Hitori was trying to offer, "Thank you Hitori." He said as he bit into the apple, amazed by how sweet and juicy it was. Hitori just smiled silently.

One of the Dolls returned and whispered a high-pitched garble into Hitori's ear, Hitori's eyes widened as he sighed dejectedly, "Oh dear...I liked them though..." Hitori said as if he was disappointed someone had left.

"Liked who?" Ritsu asked as he took another bite of the apple.

"Apparently this little one said that the Princess found Lady Minerva and from the sounds of it we might have other casualties." Hitori said as he heard Camazotz call for him. He sighed as his hands glowed a faint teal and fresh young vines began to grow from beneath his skin and wrap delicately around his arms like long gloves.

Following the Doll Hitori found the Princess kneeling next to the body of Minerva, "My Lady, you requested I make her part of the Garden didn't you?" Hitori said solemnly and respectfully. He could smell the stink of the death of his Comrades and could tell via his gem when Cassius essence was along with the emptiness that was once a living being, there would be beautiful gardens that traveled the skies today.

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Ritsu's eyes widened as he went to find Camazotz and Cassius, it wouldn't be too hard considering they were rarely far from one another, it was soon then he saw Cassius standing over the corpse of Perrin, still with his can of Pineapple and his homemade pizza spattered with his own blood now. He didn't know Perrin all that well but he still felt bad that the poor guy was slaughtered like that. He also felt like he could have prevented his death had he not been so quick to run to find Cassius but he tried to banish that notion, there were far worse things he had done in the name of his love but it still made him feel like there was something he could have done. 

He turned to Cassius, "Do you ever sometimes think we might have signed up for more than we thought we were going to be dealing?" Ritsu asked Cassius, trying to lighten the mood somewhat.