In the waterway, John and the old man continue to nurse Caya back to health. Gen sat at the far end relaxing. Rexar arrives with the vile in his mouth.
John: hm? Hey, Rex. Good work.
Old man: Eh?! Where'd that come from?!
John: That's more than enough. Thanks.
Rexar: Yup. The funny part was, the dumb broad did it to herself. Hilarious!
John: wow. Jeez... Well I got what we need. Gen. Your turn.
Gen: finally. See you.
Gen leaves.
Outside, Gen decides to find Zao. He finds him talking to Arnwall.
Gen: Damn! I need the heir to listen in but he's busy.
Arnwall takes something from Zao, salutes, and heads for the black market. Zao goes to the middle area.
Gen: .... Guess I'll meet Glace.
Gen follows Arnwall from the shadows. Arnwall was about to go find one of the mafia men when Gen jumps in front of him.
Arnwall: Geh!! Jesus Christ, don't scare me like that!
Gen: Heh! You're funny. Saw you got something from Zao.
Arnwall: .... You where watching?
Gen: I got nothing to do till tomorrow noon.
Arnwall: right. Well here. Zao told me you already know some of the housing areas in the wall. This is a layout of all of them. I marked the secret areas. You'll have to find the triggers to open them yourself. Sorry.
Gen takes the small map and opens it. Some places are circled.
Gen: for what? You've been doing just fine. Well done.
Arnwall flinches and blushes.
Gen: hurry and find Zao for me. Tell him Caya is with the others below and is getting proper treatment.
Arnwall: eh? Already? But I have a blood sample right here.
Gen: Hm? Didn't the cat follow you and get it?
Arnwall: cat?
Gen: ... Meh. I'll take it back anyway just in case he needs it. You still got time to hang around?
Arnwall: Yeah. I'm off the rest of the day. I'll be one of the guards stationed with the Madam Clouds tomorrow and the day after.
Gen: Good. Sit. I wanna know what you did to actually get the witch to bleed.
Arnwall: actually, I just happen to walk in to give my reports when she was flailing around on her own. Something about finding someone or something? The ambassador and secretary where hiding behind their seats and told me to stop her. So I did. After they ran out, it didn't take her long to calm down, but not before hitting her leg on the desk and putting a big hole in her stocking. It was pretty bad.
Gen laughs.
Gen: kehahahaha! She flipped on her own?! No wonder that cat had a full vile of blood. Jeez! Bitch is hella crazy!
Arnwall: .... I'm sorry. But I don't really find that humorous.
Gen stops laughing and sees Arnwall is seriously angry about something.
Gen: .... Sorry. I suppose not everyone sees the same person you see. Right?
Arnwall: what's that mean?
Gen: .... That your dense. Look, you obviously know more about her than you think. Or let on. I can't tell which. So I think you might have grown some sense of pity for her.... Probably.
Arnwall: .... Probably. I don't like that it's a possibility.
Gen: .... I don't find that to be a bad thing. Just be careful. If you let it get the better of you, you'll find yourself in a seriously painful situation.
Arnwall: I know that. I will help Zao and Caya. I have to help the only two people in the world that treated me like family. I'm not going back on that. You can count on it.
Gen: ... Nice to hear. I'm sure Caya would love to hear you say to their faces one day.
Arnwall blushes again.
Arnwall: N-no way! I'm not saying such an embarrassing thing to them!
Gen laughs again.
Gen: kehehe. Alright. Alright. Have it your way.
They continue to chat.