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This has been... really overdue, but it's time I finally spoke up.

Regarding the statements I made while under the control of the witch... I am incredibly sorry and regret all of them. I'm sure many of you know that, were I in my right mind, I would never have made such claims. However, as the Captain of the Shepherd, I'm still completely responsible for them.

So, to everyone I threatened, to the other crews I made an enemy of when... not myself, I humbly ask your forgiveness. What was said in the past is in the past... the mission I believe in for my crew is one where we can all sail the seas as friends in safety and harmony.

As for the crew of the Shepherd...

... I owe you the biggest apology of all. I failed you. I attacked you. And even if it wasn't me, I, again, bear the responsibility of what I did. I want to do everything I can to make you all trust me again...

[from here on, Mana's voice begins to crack]

... but at the same time, I don't think I can serve you all to the best of my abilities. I... I and the people closest to me have a lot to work through, a lot to work out, and I... I just need to step away from my duties for a little while and concentrate on them...

I am deeply, deeply sorry. In this time, I'd like to put Jade Curtiss in temporary command once again, until the time I am able to return to my duties...

[she lets out a final, weary sigh. This was something she'd wrote out, and rewrote several times, and this time, she'd done it without asking Rikka for help. The fact a fourteen year old put this together and spoke this way may be somewhat shocking to people...]

That's all. Th-thank you all for your time...

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I'm talking about all of us, in general. That was an army.

[He'll side step you all day long, Mana.]

Isn't an army just a big group of people with a common goal?

Hence, well, friends!

Pretty sure there's people that were fighting those zombies that'd shoot you for that comment.

I suppose, but for the time they were basically friends!

[her tone indicates she might be going a bit far to tease you, Marvelous... a peek at the old(?)/real(?) Mana? Perhaps.]

Hn. Think whatever you want, kid. [He has DEALT WITH YOUR TYPE BEFORE. In fact, he's pretty sure you'd get along great with Gai and Doc, and probably Ahim, but. Yeah, not going there.]

Either way, you'd better not be resting on your butt for too long. It'd be pretty disappointing to help get your girl in there only for you to come out and give up.

... Is that really what everyone thinks I'm doing...?

I dunno.

Is it?

Maybe it's just me, but it'd take a bomb to the face to get me to step away.

[And NOT EVEN THEN, but he's not going to brag. This time.]

... You're right... I need to keep working hard...

You'd better.

I don't want to be disappointed if we ever meet face-to-face.

I'll do my best... to be the kind of person I need to be.

Good.

A lot of people poured blood, sweat, and tears into getting you folks out of there. And I saw that girl, Rikka, and how she fought for that.

[And also how he helped clear the road for her, but let's not get into that.]

If you wasted something like that, I'd maybe reconsider that bombardment thing as a joke.

Very well...

[there's a certain... edge to her voice. A sharpness. Determined, focused...

... perhaps a bit too much, if Marvelous could pick up on it.]

Thank you, Marvelous-san...

[...hn. Well, maybe he can let slip one more thing:]

And remember, with your crew.

If they're worth anything, their dreams probably aren't so fragile that you have to hold them all yourself.

The Captain supports that, but they aren't the only ones who have to protect it.

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...I would not go that far.

[Even if the saying 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' is true. Ugh...]

Thank you.

See?

I see, I see

You're tsundere, Marvelous-san

[No response, because he's not going to ask a magical girl to settle this like a man, because that's the first thing that comes to mind for just a moment. You're busy enough embarrassing him in another thread, thanks.]

The power of friendship? Really?

[~~Guess who's never making it to Candy Mountain.~~]

You run into those types a lot in my line of work.

How terrible! You must live with a constant headache!

[Oh, he could TELL YOU A THING OR TWO... And it doesn't stop at Sentai heroes, too, OH NO... There are others.]

Thankfully, there's plenty of assholes here! It kind of evens itself out.

[See, THOSE are true horror stories! Forget Nightmare on Elm Street.]

I don't want to even imagine the lack of such individuals! I'd KILL myself!

[A pause.]

If it were even permanent. [She's not sure if she should be irritated by that fact or relieved. Overall, she dislikes it.]

[Oh good, subject change.]

Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap my head around that one. That Meeps guy didn't seem to have an explanation for it, so I imagine Dog wouldn't, either.

That Meeps fellow seemed competent to a certain degree. Playing with DEATH should be left to the professionals.

[Not Davy Jones.]

Competent is good, at least. It's something, anyway.

That said I'm not going to go sticking my neck out enough to get it cut off expecting to bounce right back. Not something I wanna rely on.

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