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There was another flurry of activity. She saw Kiyo and Willow bolting out of the room for some reason - presumably something important, as she found it hard to believe that the former would abandon this scene without cause - just before Hotaru crashed into her. Then she was spinning, then released after a timely intervention from Suki.

Then Michi crossed another line. 

Hizuki didn't know everything that was going on with Shuuko. She didn't know that the girl she'd spoken to last was Sylvia, or how many parts of her fragmented identity had existed. She also didn't miss the signs presented to her. The mix of terror and reverence for authority, the way she froze up at the slightest physical contact. . . Hizuki hadn't asked, but she had a couple good guesses as to why Sylvia acted the way she did. What Michi was doing to her was heinous by itself, but to pick Shuuko of all people to subject to it was beyond the pale.

The light girl [i]roared[/i] in an incoherent rage as she shot forward like a bullet, disorientation or no. She had enough presence of mind to put a gate between herself and the apelike familiars Michi had called to abuse Shatterscape - so when she careened into them at full speed, she was covered in armor, with six razor-sharp wings carrying her forward. Her Sweet Arm, now transformed into a sword, swung in a vicious arc, aiming to decapitate all the apes in one fell swoop.