*Zeta notices the smile crack, and feels a bit guilty, but she nods regardless.*
Zeta: It's fine, you can explain it to me later. I'm starved.

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*Beatrix frowns at her sword not penetrating Laura's skin, but forces it to come back and sheathe itself again.*
Beatrix: Start talking before I poke around your body and see where you hurt the most.

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*Somewhere deeeeeeeeeeeeeeep in the woods, a blue sphere of light appears out of nowhere, and completely removes part of a tree, causing it to fall into the tree, again making more of the tree disappear. A regular looking male in what appears to be modern-ish military apparel exits, seemingly panicked. His panic is short lived as something red, and far more sinister/dangerous emerges from the sphere, and promptly tears the man in three, before throwing two pieces of him back into the sphere, leaving the mans midriff behind on the ground which rapidly turns red with blood. The thing 'laughs', and looks back at the sphere, as if waiting for something else to come from it.*