[center][h3][color=00aeef]Henri[/color] [/h3][/center]

[center][color=00aeef]Municipality of Lubao, Pampanga Province, Philippines - 1/1/2023, 9:21 AM, UTC+8[/color][/center]

Henri sighed in relief. He had considered touching the Boar with Leonidas, but had come to second thoughts after realizing said touch might, instead of stabilizing her, erase her completely. 

Leonidas was powerful, but enigmatic.

Luckily Myron had a more practical solution. Not a permanent one, but at least stable.

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[color=662d91]”So what now?”[/color] she asked the task force as she checked her former before leaving Myron to deal with it. She would then turn to everyone else as she got reintroduced as a veteran.
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[color=00aeef]"Good question."[/color] Henri agreed with Christina [color=00aeef]"That assassin wasn't part of the planned schedule. Or at least I hope she wasn't."[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Speaking of."[/color] He continued, [color=00aeef]"Chinese intelligence should know us by reputation at this point. For them to send a single soldier against well-known Zodiac killers I can imagine three reasons. One, they're desperate. Two, soldiers are being eliminated in preparation for an internal coup. Or three, there's a reserve of Arms-Masters ready to replace the lost Zodiacs. The first two would be advantageous to us. The third means the worst is still ahead."[/color]