- Pronoun
- they or she
As it turned out, the hours or days of travel they had anticipated proved unnecessary. Not far from the exit to the Walled Gardens was a small campsite hosting a party of dungeon-delvers, easily located by Virga on her initial scouting flight. These other adventurers were all too keen to learn the secrets of the rift, in exchange for the use of one of their spare Escape Orbs. Before long, the Wayfarers had been plucked from the camp and placed just outside the orb's last port of call: the adventure town of Intrepid.
A short distance from the settlement's entrance, Koraidon Sada was conversing with Gladion about their previous tangent...
"Gladion, I am inferring that you think the exchange with Cipher to be an unscrupulous bargain. Is that more or less the case? It didn't seem that way to me at the time. My understanding was that we were helping to apprehend a dangerous criminal, conducting an otherwise-impossible test of paramount importance, and building a relationship with another human-majority organisation comparable to our own. My own principle interest was, of course, in the scientific discovery."
The dragon frowned, her stride slower than usual. This conversation was something she was not at all used to, and some of the ideas she was considering were entirely novel to her. The process appeared uncomfortable, from how her crest drooped. Perhaps asking what was on her mind would encourage her to share her more personal thoughts...?
"As for the ARK Unit—we did receive a package of computer electronics from Cipher at the time that we entrusted the Unit to them. But it was not a 'trade', so far as I was aware. What Director Parallax told me at the time was that the Unit's Radiance was proving impossible to metabolise, and worse: a serious threat to their continued health. His own efforts to keep the energy in check were not sustainable or reliable. Cipher Admin Lovrina supposedly had a personal expertise in the manipulation of Shadow-type energy, which Director Parallax theorised could be used to provide an effective treatment for the Unit. This was in aid of preserving their life. The arrangement was that the Unit would be returned to us once these treatments were effective and safely replicable. Even so, letting them out of his own care clearly troubled the Director deeply. I confess I never knew what to say to him to comfort him. I simply redoubled my dedication to my own work."
There was definitely more going on behind the professor's eyes, but it seemed she wouldn't volunteer much in the way of subjective impressions without prompting or encouragement. This was a 'report', and she was not among friends (had she ever been?).
A short distance from the settlement's entrance, Koraidon Sada was conversing with Gladion about their previous tangent...
"Gladion, I am inferring that you think the exchange with Cipher to be an unscrupulous bargain. Is that more or less the case? It didn't seem that way to me at the time. My understanding was that we were helping to apprehend a dangerous criminal, conducting an otherwise-impossible test of paramount importance, and building a relationship with another human-majority organisation comparable to our own. My own principle interest was, of course, in the scientific discovery."
The dragon frowned, her stride slower than usual. This conversation was something she was not at all used to, and some of the ideas she was considering were entirely novel to her. The process appeared uncomfortable, from how her crest drooped. Perhaps asking what was on her mind would encourage her to share her more personal thoughts...?
"As for the ARK Unit—we did receive a package of computer electronics from Cipher at the time that we entrusted the Unit to them. But it was not a 'trade', so far as I was aware. What Director Parallax told me at the time was that the Unit's Radiance was proving impossible to metabolise, and worse: a serious threat to their continued health. His own efforts to keep the energy in check were not sustainable or reliable. Cipher Admin Lovrina supposedly had a personal expertise in the manipulation of Shadow-type energy, which Director Parallax theorised could be used to provide an effective treatment for the Unit. This was in aid of preserving their life. The arrangement was that the Unit would be returned to us once these treatments were effective and safely replicable. Even so, letting them out of his own care clearly troubled the Director deeply. I confess I never knew what to say to him to comfort him. I simply redoubled my dedication to my own work."
There was definitely more going on behind the professor's eyes, but it seemed she wouldn't volunteer much in the way of subjective impressions without prompting or encouragement. This was a 'report', and she was not among friends (had she ever been?).