"Is she doing well?"
An unexpected question.
But the sense of unease Rita had felt all along surfaced again.
How much did the Quiet Mountain copies actually know about Star Sea?
On the surface, it seemed like they knew very little, yet every one of them was aware of the existence of another self.
QM Mistblade's question aside, there was also QM Cicada. When Rita had said, "SS DawnCicada is nothing like you, she has more patience," what shocked QM Cicada was not that Star Sea had another Cicada, but that the other Cicada carried the prefix Dawn.
And yet, she did not know why Beacon had been destroyed, nor did she know their true purpose for coming here.
Rita did not answer QM Mistblade's question. In fact, by the time those words reached her ears, she had already fled into the hallway. At a moment like this, if you do not run, what are you waiting for?
