redacted ★ jeanne d'arc

[infreefall]

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[discernments]

He will receive some help.

[ She's firm in that, not unlike a judge delivering a verdict. ]

Did it feel like an illusion? What kind of monsters were they?

[ She doesn't question Ochako's ability to fight. You don't have to be old to know how to fight. ]

[infreefall]

...No, it felt real. And our wounds didn’t go away, so it had to be, somehow.

[ otherwise, it doesn’t make sense, does it? still, she shakes her head. ]

I’ve never seen anything like them. They were huge, and had these really long arms that they attacked us with… that’s what happened to my shoulder. And they could shoot some kind of fire.

But they shrunk, after a while. That’s how we managed to kill them.

[discernments]

You were brave, Ochako. You persevered.

[ It sounds like Ochako was a bit out of her depths. ]

Was there anything else?

[infreefall]

[ was she brave...? it doesn't feel that way, to her. ]

We found Xie Lian-san and Soo-won-san after that, in a base nearby. They had all the same injuries as the monsters, like they'd been there instead, and they... they were dead, too. That's why I thought it could have been an illusion.

But we found this serum, too, one that said it could revive people in that dimension? So we tried it on them, and it worked - but it had some side effects. So when they they woke up, they both attacked Archer-san.

[discernments]

If they had attack someone between the two of you, it's better that it was Archer.

[ Jeanne is firm in that, but she is quick to add: ]

I do not think you are incapable. It is never easy to fight someone who you know and like.

[infreefall]

...Maybe, but his injuries were worse than mine. It wasn’t easy for him, and it’s not like I could just run away, either.