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Lucia: Pyroath VII
Inside the rumbling transport craft, Gray Raven heads back toward Babylonia.
Swayed by the turbulence, you soon doze off. The half-written mission report slips from your grasp, coming to rest on the knee of the Construct seated beside.
The black-haired Construct girl quietly picks up the notebook.
Conservation Area Support Request
Commission Rank: B
Issued By: Surface Conservation Area
Mission Details: Evacuate any nearby inhabitants and gather the specified items within this zone.
We request additional personnel to collaborate with the stationed Task Force members to ensure the operation's success.
Beneath the mission overview, the familiar, hurried handwriting circles the conservation area's ID.
This is the same Conservation Zone where, two years ago—on Lucia's Activation Date—she undertook a lone support mission.
Marked as one of the backup missions.
...
Under the paper, several mission names are crossed out in a hurried scrawl.
The other missions just don't seem suitable.
This one should be good.
Taking on this mission will give Lucia a chance to rest—switching to her new frame has been draining...
...
Commandant...
Off to the side, you shift your neck, possibly because of an awkward sleeping position, or maybe you caught Lucia's faint call.
...
She gently straightens your posture, settling you against her shoulder in a more comfortable way.
The pen scratches quietly over the page, and in no time, the mission report is filled out.
Lucia gently closes the notebook, her gaze drifting over the distant landscape outside the window. For once, her mind wanders in a rare moment of reverie.
After a brief pause, the black-haired Construct girl slowly closes her eyes and leans toward her commandant—her trusted haven of peace.
In her dream, Froggie has found its own four-leaf clover at last.
