>>6020755https://allinallmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-wheel-to-die"And, another thing," you interject after a moment of absorbing the L4's perspective. "Miss Eugen told me about the Undercity she found."
Nonoka cast a blank expression at you. "Undercity...?" In understanding, she rocked her head back in a reverse nod. "Ah. So they found it."
"You mean you didn't know yet?"
"They must have found it today. I had been visiting a friend of mine. He's a bit... special, but he likes hearing of Nipponese plays."
That's not really relevant to your venting right now, so you don't pry. "Well, the moment she started telling me about it, she felt like she started to get really aggressive about it. As if she was accusing me of doing something. I don't think I did anything to upset her? She was angrily telling me to tell her if I found any <span class="mu-i">'rats'.</span>"
Sumika sets her cup down and leans back and sighs. "I have known Sigrun for a few years, and I will have to apologize in her stead. It's obvious to me she meant you no ill will. She is simply in her element."
You blink in mild confusion.
"<span class="mu-b">Sigrun joined the Stormwatch not because of any selfish goal, vendetta, terrible circumstance, or anything of the sort,</span>" the nipponese woman began, throwing her arm wide, as if to cast navy blue paint across an unseen screen. "<span class="mu-b">She joined the Stormwatch because <span class="mu-i">this is what she wants to do.</span> I have hope for Yoshimitsu to see authority in his Stormwatch superiors, because Sigrun had his respect from the start. Wars end, but crime does not. She lives to see thieves and murderers fleet on their heels, attempting to escape their fate. And she kills to do it all again.</span>"
"<span class="mu-b">So if you had told her about how she made you feel, I am certain she would ask your forgiveness. She has a just cause, a whetted blade, and worthy villains. She isn't angry. She doesn't mistrust you. She is simply eager.</span>"
Sumika paints a very red picture of the swede.
"She does not wish to be Level 4. She does not wish to be an operator. She wishes to be a <span class="mu-i">viking.</span> If the concrete could burn, she would raze every undercity to the ground and stamp out its smoldering embers under her boots, leaving only a few alive to start the hunt anew in time. And she wishes to be right to do so." Sumika speaks, leveling a flat eyed stare at you. <span class="mu-b">There has been more than a modest amount of spite in Sumika's voice as she spoke her opinion of the Manhunter, though it would have been just as easy to pick up if anyone heard a word she said.</span> "Ask her all this, and she would tell you herself."
