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Something heavy slowly crawls down your back. You don't have much longer until your body collapses from the strain of all of this. Best make your next movements count.
[???] This is still a fight; It still wants to kill us. Letting your guard down is suicidal.
Huh, that sounded differ- <span class="mu-i">ADMIN. FOCUS.</span>
"Don't worry. You don't have to shoulder it alone. Time will eventually start flowing again, even for you. No matter how much it seems like you're stuck in the past of your present."
"Others can believe for you, rekindle the spark you have, even if you don't think it's possible now."
"Because hey, everything is the same until someone comes and changes it. Maybe by setting the house on fire. Maybe by Facing our Fears and Building a new Future."
"So stop being so hopeless. That's this excuse of an Administrator's job! Let me bare your suffering so you can fly, fly away...let this officer handle your pain while you recover."
Phi watches on with confusion, clearly unsure why you're even talking to it. Felix is too busy shaking and muttering to notice.
[DETACHED?] Holy shit, holy shit. Focus, focus. You just saved his life holy shit did you actually return the favor
[LOYAL SOLDIER] H-he's fine, right? The teacher is always right!
<span class="mu-i">The loop must begin again. But perhaps something will eventually break.</span>
<span class="mu-i">I doubt it. I will be waiting to see if you disappoint me.</span>
<span class="mu-i">For now, I shall respect your kindness and I shall grant you a reprieve from the loop.</span>
<span class="mu-i">Perhaps we shall meet again; In another time, another place.</span>
"Perhaps he will. I, however, will not." You force your mutated face into a smile. "See you on the other side, Outsider."
You hold up the scales. Hm, you haven't gotten much use with them, how about we...
You snap your fingers. A violent flash of teal light erupts from the counterfeit bullet still spinning into the Outsider's body. OH.
<span class="mu-i">It has killed many. The weight of its sin shall be punished justly. Use this power wisely, human.</span>
<span class="mu-i">SUSPECT APPROACHING! I REPEAT, SUSPECT APPROACHING! SELF DEFENSE NECESSARY!</span>
<span class="mu-i">As the lord said, do not shoot if your heart wavers. Always do the actions you think must be done.</span>
Your legs and wings force you forward before you even have time to react. Good thing too since the target has moved too. You lead it away from the facility, flying a solid dozen feet away from the balcony.
[???Y DUTY] We can repair i-..ti cait can't can't we we???
[???G LIGHT] HAha lmasyeahyeahwecanwecanouremployeescanhelp
The Outsider follows after you, quickly outspeeding you. Of course, your intention was never to evade it forever.
[???] It is to protect your comrades. They will not intervene unless you are severely injured. They trust you.
[???] Pft. Perhaps they're just too afraid to fight it. You've fought many an anomaly. This ain't different.
You shake your scales from side to side before snapping your finger at the anomaly again.
