As Shard starts rambling, Hida takes the time to get a good look at the girl. She seemed nice enough, if a little excited and strange. She wasn't really sure what this 'Shard' person was talking about, but that didn't really matter.

Shaking Shard's hand, Hida is about to respond when the building is hit by an earthquake, severely damaging the structure. The earthquake knocks everyone off their feet, but Hida is quick to stand up again. Once again brushing any dust off of her dress, she simply states. "We have many names for this place, of which I personally prefer the word 'Useless Trash Heap'. Anyway, my name's Hida, and are you alright or did the quake do to your bones what it did to the floor?"

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Growling as she notices the lotion, Pirila reaches out to grab it and toss it out a nearby window when the quake hits. Quickly, she pulls Mili under the safety of their table and waits for the earthquake to end.

"Well. That's no good. Shall we check the damage, Mili?" Pirila says, getting up from underneath the table and extending her hand for Mili to grab.

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Mili trembles as she hides under the table together with Pirila. Everything was shaking and stuff! The walls might come down on top of them!

Fortunately though, nothing happened, and Mili sighed a breath of relief. As Pirila gets up and extends her hand, Mili begins to crawl towards Pirila.

At that moment, an intense, scorching pain hits her neck, and Mili collapses onto the floor screaming in pain as the heat burns through the bandages.

Thoroughly distracted by the pain, Mili doesn't notice Pirila pulling her closer and wrapping an arm around her, her comforting words drowned out by Mili's crying. She didn't like the pain, not one bit, and she didn't even what caused it! Did debris hit her in the neck? No, wait, her neck hurt a bit ago too. Was this the same thing hurting again?

Whatever the case, Mili keeps crying for a long while after the burning stops, only stopping after noticing that Pirila had carried her out of the dining room and laid her down on a couch.

Pirila, meanwhile, was stroking the younger girl's hair. She didn't say anything - or Mili simply didn't hear it - but it was obvious that she was shocked and confused by what had just happened.

It seemed like their plan to check the building for damage would have to wait.