Yatagarasu

Myriad Reality

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And I know we can tip the scales. Dad believes in us.

@Legend

You have contact with him?

Myriad Reality

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I mean, that’d be good, no?

@Audacious

Apparently I didn't say that correctly. I meant to say, what if you're too late?

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs exhaustedly*
I don’t know what more you want me to say.

@Audacious

If your goal is to save her father, and you think you'll become prepared when you get there, what if he's already been defeated?

Myriad Reality

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Technically yes. With availability though? Well…

@Audacious

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We're also on a time crunch.

@Legend

Then it's likely you'll be fighting after all?

Myriad Reality

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I'm actually hoping we won't. But dad probably will, so same effect.

@Legend

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What she said.

@Audacious

Do you know anyone who is strong enough to fight that you aren't also trying to find?

Myriad Reality

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Wait, “win”? What do you mean by “win”?

@Audacious

You're heading towards someone who is clearly your enemy. Chances are you'll end up having to fight him or others, correct?

Myriad Reality

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Okay, hear me out, killing us is not the solution. We don't even know how to get back here.

@Legend

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He said he wouldn’t hurt us, Isis. I wouldn’t worry about that much.

@Audacious

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I don't intend to harm you. My concern is that something is wrong enough that getting here is now... possible. Which seems to be the case. So if you end up following your dad's trail, and find the person who is, by your words, "his rival," it wouldn't be extremely difficult for him to figure out how to get here.

Ultimately, I need to make sure that you either win totally, lose quickly and completely enough that nothing can be learned from you, or that I fix whatever issue allowed you to get here.

I can't do the last one, so that unfortunately puts the onus on you.

Myriad Reality

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Which is why we think it isn't a coincidence.

@Legend

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I’m just saying. It really sounds to me like something didn’t quite work as intended, in some way or another.

@Audacious

If you're trying to find someone dangerous, and now know where we are, do you see the problem here? If you accidently let him know we're here, what then?

Myriad Reality

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If we ended up here because we’re following the trail of someone who’s not very nice, then what are the odds that something is wrong in this place that you’re protecting?

@Audacious

Relatively low, actually. That place is protected by someone much better for it than me. I'm just looking out for my own.

Myriad Reality

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The way we didn’t end up where we were trying to go, I assume?

@Audacious

Ending in a different spot isn't what I'd call "force-shifting," though I suppose that makes sense.