Hmm... yes. [Matoba tilts his head, thoughtful.] ... That ...thing inside Emily-san is not overly fond of me. [Understatement. Mutual.] Perhaps if you were to approach her to offer some of the ingredients and chat over their uses, she would take it with less suspicion. Of course, I think that she is aware I am working on a project of this nature, but she doesn't seem inclined to interfere for the time being.
I would like to keep it that way. [He doesn't want to hear any idealistic hand-wringing about morals getting in the way of this work. The Alliance could not defend itself with business leverage alone.]
[But that business settled, Matoba considers the topic of.. that door. It would be best not to let anyone hear them talking about it too much...] Yes, it is real. Deep in the bowels of the kappa's offices and pipeworks. It is a simple industrial door with no keypad, or lock, or a spell that I could perceive sealing it- nor anything else that would appear to be used to secure it. And yet, it is impossible to budge.
I hear that in the time shortly after the Enma relinquished the tunnels after their interrogations of the kappa clan, after the bodies of their Lieutenants were discovered and cleaned up, a small group investigated the premises and found evidence that there had been an attempt to get into the door, but it didn't seem any had managed to get inside. And so it remains a mystery...... just what that is.
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I would like to keep it that way. [He doesn't want to hear any idealistic hand-wringing about morals getting in the way of this work. The Alliance could not defend itself with business leverage alone.]
[But that business settled, Matoba considers the topic of.. that door. It would be best not to let anyone hear them talking about it too much...] Yes, it is real. Deep in the bowels of the kappa's offices and pipeworks. It is a simple industrial door with no keypad, or lock, or a spell that I could perceive sealing it- nor anything else that would appear to be used to secure it. And yet, it is impossible to budge.
I hear that in the time shortly after the Enma relinquished the tunnels after their interrogations of the kappa clan, after the bodies of their Lieutenants were discovered and cleaned up, a small group investigated the premises and found evidence that there had been an attempt to get into the door, but it didn't seem any had managed to get inside. And so it remains a mystery...... just what that is.
...But, I did ask the boss about that...
[Matoba's eye glints, dangerously amused.]