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You replace yourself with Carol in the middle spot, grab your phone and leave to the other room to cause the least amount of noise possible. Those poor girls look tired! Unlike you, whose wobbly legs only show your unyielding resistance.
It’s Fiora. It’s been a while since she checked on you. Well, less than a week, but it feels like forever for some reason. You do way too many things in a day, you need to relax, well, after you break out of jail.
“Hi there!” You exclaim with the glee of having one of the most amazing nights of your entire pathetic existence.
“A pleasure hearing you in good spirits, Johnny.” Fiora sounds as composed as ever. “May I have a moment of your time? I have a plethora of news I’d like to share with you.”
“You <span class="mu-i">may</span>.” You pretend to have a posh accent for a moment.
“Much appreciated.” Fiora politely thanks.
“All good news, I imagine.” You half chuckle.
“Your optimism is always well appreciated, but – regrettably – that isn’t the case.” Fiora doesn’t want to be the bearer of bad news. Even though you’d think it would be her thing with the way she dresses. “I’ll start with the most pressing matter, after the N.U. Officers’ approval, the law enforcer task force led by Qiao Ning, <span class="mu-s">Unit 95</span>, is carrying out mass arrests against ‘criminal’ flame users. Those who mistakenly believed their crimes wouldn’t have been persecuted due to the nature of their methods are due for a rude awakening.”
“Isn’t that kinda good?” You raise an eyebrow.
“I thought so as well to a point, but after speaking to your dear sister, she had important qualms about one of the apprehended I mentioned.” Fiora feels like she could’ve made a mistake. “My only personal reservation, which is in no way minor, is the fact that they aren’t following normal procedures. If you recall, I’ve been responsible for investigating a few of these crimes as requested by the N.U., and –as confident as I am with my analysis— I believe people have the right to a fair trial.” She doesn’t like that people are being locked away like that.
“Wait, you talked to my sister first?” You raise an eyebrow.
“Apologies, but you were unavailable at first.” Fiora thought you’d answer first, but you failed.
“And who is the guy Amelia is upset about?” You wonder if it is someone you know…
“A brave masked man who goes by WILDFLAME.” Fiora reveals. She talks about him with some fondness.
“Oh, god damn it, not him! He’s cool! Why did you do that, Fiora?!” You can’t believe this.
“…I wasn’t responsible for his case.” Fiora deadpans. “Spiritual or not, there’s ample video evidence of his misdemeanors, Unit 95’s accomplishment was being capable of subduing him.”
