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Were there less going on, Hizuki might've stopped to comfort Tsubomi. She understood all too well what her dark mirror was feeling at the moment; after all, it was being reflected in the background of her mind, beneath the fire and fury currently driving her forward. The uniquely horrible feeling that one had, with only the best intentions, brought about the worst suffering. 

Fortunately, she had a physical problem to sink her metaphorical teeth into instead. [color=yellow]"What the hell!?"[/color] She grunted as her armored plating absorbed the worst of the gunfire. These things had no right to be as apparently powerful as they were. She'd seen magical girls conjure some powerful familiars, but how could Black Gate be working at such a scale and still have minions fast enough to catch a charge from her individually, [i]and[/i] powerful enough to stop Earthshaker in her tracks?

The light girl growled, running through her options inside her head for a moment. If Michi meant what she said, that she didn't want to hurt Hizuki. . . well, there was an obvious option for the wannabe hero. A somewhat cruel one, in the end, but it was self-sacrificing enough that in Hizuki's mind, it was more than justified. [color=yellow]"Hold them!"[/color] She barked at Roche before pulling back. It was going to take too long to remove the assailants, so she'd have to protect Sylvia a different way. 

The Daybreak rocketed forward again, but this time she wasn't charging at the apes, not exactly. Instead, she flew at Sylvia directly. If she couldn't carry the other girl away, then she could at least use her own body as a shield. [i][color=yellow]I just have to move her a few feet.[/color][/i] If she could manage to move Sylvia any meaningful distance, she could carry her through a gate and give her SHOCK WAVE to use in place of Shatterscape's own powers - and if not, she could at least take a few hits before her own armor broke under the assault.