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[When Alice's voice comes, it is very... quiet. Distant. She doesn't actually sound like she's speaking to anyone in particular, at least at first.]

They're not safe here...

This world is going to make them suffer more and more...

...I need to protect them...

But how do I do that, when I can't stop those things that would hurt them...

[It sounds like just idle musing at this point, as if she's trying to contemplate a real answer to this.]

One way or another, I cannot allow that... No matter what anyone says, I know it will come again...

They won't suffer again. I... there are ways I can make sure of that, I am certain... I know I can stop it, some way...

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[Jade doesn't claim to know the girl well yet, and he's almost inclined to let someone else handle this... but perhaps ignoring the rather odd journal post isn't the best thing to do.]

You sound preoccupied, Alice. What's wrong?

Rikka-chan... Mana-chan...

In this place, I can't just protect them by fighting, can I?

Not always. But that's the case everywhere, not only in this world. Some threats you can't just beat into submission.

What brought this on?

... You girls really are too young to be speaking like this.

They could have died.

If it happens again, they may well die...

Things are getting dangerous again...

Something hurt them before... it changed what Rikka-chan WAS...

Alice... what did we decide?

There's no reason for you to be doubting like this... remember the decision the two of us made.

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You're not wrong.

But at this point, your only options are staying on Isla Empezia or continuing on. Having fought alongside you and the other girls before, I know you're not the "run and hide" sort.

... But my point still stands as well. You and your friends... should never have been in this position to begin with.

I have no intentions of running or hiding, but... regardless if however young we may be, we are warriors... We were chosen to be that...

Perhaps we should begin to act it.

Mana-chan...

Yes, I know. I just...

Th- this voice...

[She stops, utterly shocked that she was able to say that. She... couldn't tell it to Rikka... So why...?]

...

Alice.

You hear it too?

That's great!

You're pressuring yourself.

None of us are safe here.

[He understands it too well. It's a powerlessness that Kyouya isn't used to. He doesn't have information here, he doesn't have resources here. He doesn't have any training to help him handle this.

Medical knowledge? It's scarce, and it's only good for after something has happened. There's no way to prevent trouble before it even starts.

This isn't Ouran. This isn't high school. This is dangerous.]

We have to find our own ways, now.

[Privately, Rikka is scared to death of this. This single post has scared her more than almost anything that's happened to her since she got her, with maybe the exception of being turned into a vampire for while. Listening to this, Rikka is morally certain that Alice will push herself to - and far beyond - her limits looking for her answer. And worse, after that morning's conversation, she's also sure that nothing she could say would stop it.

So all she can do is try to get to the bottom of all this, and hope she was in time to prevent a disaster she didn't want to think about. Preferably before anyone crossed Mana or herself, which was tantamount to a death sentence with Alice like this.]

...yes.

I suppose I am.

But it is necessary.

...Mana-chan, I...

[There's... a lot of relief in her tone, despite that general hint of not being all there in her speech.]

...yes.

Yes, I have to do just that...

It's all we can do.

That's right.

I have to do what I can, and all that I can...

If it's to protect those you care about?

I think that's fair. Though be mindful that you're not putting them in more danger.

[Here, that's a real possibility. He's learned that. Trying to protect his friends has had him cross more than a few people. Nothing too bad yet, but without knowing all he usually knows... He can see a potential for endangering his friends by trying to help them.]

Alice... she's the one who made everything so clear! The one who made me realize what I needed to do! To keep everyone safe!

You should just accept what she has to say!

If I put them in danger, if I were to hurt them...

I do not think I could live with myself...

It... I know it's what I should be doing...

[That she should know better, that she spoke with Dog, that she managed to get that information out there by doing so was... so distant in her memory now.]

And yet... Rikka-chan said I was scaring her...

... Alice.

Rikka will understand in time.

More than any of the others, we're doing this for her sake.

Do you want to do what will make Rikka happy, or what will protect her?

Because I'm not going to let what I want hurt someone I care about ever again.

Not after I lost Regina.

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