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In front of Roma's antics and grand theatrical answers, Maria opted to remain silent. The blond teacher instead used the exchange of words between the rogue magical girl, Ozma and her students to take a closer look at their surroundings, the pageless and Roma herself - for she had came to the same conclusion as the Crimson Comet about Roma's real body not being the one speaking to them now, which Valeria more than probably also caught on to. Also, there was not much to tell Roma as her ideals and reasons seemed to be twisted. A fact which Stripe didn't fail to shout back at the self proclaimed savior of Magical Girls.

Bhakti's speech seemed to make sense on surface, but as soon as you dug even a tiny bit you realized just how much she fell down in her own interpretation of things. Unfortunately, Maria believed that the girl truly believed her own words. Maria wondered then what exactly could have happened for someone like Roma to fall this far and then decided she would have to do a little digging once back at the Academy. For now, however, the priority was the safety of the students. 

While they probably could handle themselves well in a fight and, looking at them, they seemed ready to do so this was beyond the point. As Senior, it was their role to protect the next generation so that they could reach their full potential and take over. This situation was made more risky not only by the physical threat but also the very real possibility that such twisted words could lay a dormant seed in the minds of those more innocent and grow into something twisted, like Roma became. 

[color=fff79a]"Do you see, Lady Bhakti, how our students see through your twisted words and corrupted morals? You spoke of Pageless and of Magical Girls - but what of the innocents? Pageless do not only hunt Magical Girls, they kill indiscriminately. How many defenseless humans died to them as well? You seem to think strength grants you the right to lead and go on a crusade for your own fabricated goals. It does not matter to me what the Academy or anyone else says. You forget that our strength and powers should be used first and foremost to [i]Protect[/i]."[/color]

Maria then turned to Valeria, who whispered to her. 
[i]Lady Weizenbaum...[/i] - Maria thought - [i]Are you not the most noblest of Knights. Even so, I could never forgive myself if you were to be wounded doing such a noble act...[/i]


She answered, lowering her voice somewhat.
[color=fff79a]"Are you certain of this, Valeria? If things turn sour, and this Lady Bhakti indeed intend to harm anyone of us, the chances are likely that whomever remain would be the target, as they would be isolated. 

If things turn to conflict, would it not be more prudent to pool all our strength in ensuring everyone's safety?"[/color]