Seated across from each other in a theoretically impossible conflict of dimensional laws, two 'beings' discussed a course of action in regards to one of the worlds that they had under their care.

Or at least they were trying to.

"For the last time you obnxious snot. No means no!" shouted the older of the two, currently in the form of a white-furred gorilla.

"You don't understand your position here dear," replied the 'obnoxious snot' with a slight grin across what was for now 'her' face. "I am not making a suggestion, merely stating a fact."

The gorilla frowned, thought about what she had said, then turned so pale that his skin matched the colour of his fur. Currently a shadowy confluence of some of the darker emotions that permeated the universe, Alyeris' face twitched in what might have been a smile.

"You... Not even you would be so stupid as to..." the gorilla tried to speak but struggled to overcome the shock of realisation.

Alyeris laughed softly, what would have been a pleasant sound transformed into malevolent knives to the soul by the energies that filled her. "Oh don't worry so much! It's not as if I have enough power to change prime realities."

"That is not what I'm afraid of," growled the 'gorilla', whose presence of being alone would have crushed any mortal so foolish as to be near him right now.

"Too late," the swirling matrices of darkness began to break up as Alyeris retreated from this domain. "I've taken care not to let the effects spread dear, so just sit back and enjoy the show..."

Left to himself, the 'gorilla' brooded silently on the matter for a few sequences of time and causality that had no meaning outside this space. The first consideration was that it was already too late to stop that stupid snot's plan from going ahead. Maybe if he cheated and... No, that would be a violation of lore. Damn it. She was right. He didn't have a choice.

The 'gorilla' sighed and withdrew his aspect from the space where all normal laws broke down. Only a fraction of his entire being unlike Alyeris' manifestation, but the difference in scale did not mean all that much in the grand scheme of things. All things had their part, and some had stranger parts than others. The pest was one such example who he found particularly aggravating, but there was no denying that her power in circumstances such as the one he was observing was the real deal. Almost resigned now, he tweaked his perception to observe what had happened while he had been distracted.

... Huh? Temporal paradox? Dimensional merge? Physical, spiritual, and thaumaturgical energy equivalency algorithms? What the f*** did that bitch think she was doing!

-x-x-x-x-x-

Throughout the specified universe, destinies were crossed and fates sent astray as the godling went ahead with some remodelling.

Gaea and Akasha suddenly found themselves amalgamated with not just one but four additional 'worlds', magical and theological systems included.

Monsters of the night that should have ruled unchallenged for centuries began to encounter beings that not only matched them, but in some cases went far beyond them. The resultant chaos across the planes created a situation where the secretive elements of the world were unable to do much for a greater portion of human history.

Some people that should have died lived, and some who should have met their ends dodged the bullet.

Magic and science were taken in directions other than where they would have gone, with some interesting results for those that used them.

Last but not least, history changed. Different words were spoken and alternative actions taken. New faces were met and old one passed by. The false history that resulted from all this contained some things that would have been and far more that could have been.

None of which really mattered to Alyeris. The godling had done all this before after all, the only difference this time being that the scale was a bit greater than usual.

Time ticked by, and finally passed the point where the godling had decreed that all the strands should come together.

... Hmm? Why was the pattern a lot messier than had been intended?

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

Ten years old and currently resident in Japan, Negi Springfield was experiencing a crisis of faith.

In himself.

When he had completed the academic portion of his magister training a full six years ahead of schedule, he had thought that he was ready for anything that the headmaster could throw at him for his practical.

That confidence had fractured a bit once he opened his scroll, but since then had been taped back together. After all, it couldn't be that hard to teach a bunch of teenage Japanese girls English now, could it?

Once he had arrived in Japan however he quickly realised that he might have underestimated the difficulty of the task. The first sign of trouble had come when an apologetic airline official had informed him that his baggage had been misplaced, with his staff and other magical tools currently headed for Australia on flight BA922. For another, he really should have slept on the plane over, in which case he probably wouldn't have fallen asleep on the bullet train. A mistake he only discovered when he woke up nine stops and over three hundred kilometres from Mahora academy.

Low on money and bereft of most of his gear, he hadn't had much choice but to phone in to inform a much amused headmaster Konoe of his current location. Unfortunately there was no one who could get to him on such short notice and thus Negi was directed to the nearest acquaintance of the headmaster to stay the night.

Until here things had still been going... Not according to plan, but still as smoothly could have been expected when you told a ten year old magical boy to go to Japan by himself a week before the school term would start. What came next however had been enough to to give Negi severe doubts as to his suitability for the career he dreamed of.

First he had walked in on a murder, then had come the panicked flight from the scene as some lunatic with a cursed spear tried to ventilate his neck, and now here he was cornered in some park with said lunatic about to kill him.

This was not a good day to be Negi Springfield.

"You done already?" the lunatic asked the young boy before him. "Ah, suppose I couldn't ask for much more out of a tiny tot like you. Shame though, if you had a few more years you could have become a pretty good mage."

Negi was down, but in an attempt to show that he wasn't out he raised his wand in one last effort to take down this man who was after his life. Before he could get anywhere with his spell however the man kicked him in the stomach to send him flying into a nearby tree. With his magic barrier already gone from the chase up to now, Negi felt the full impact and groaned as the pain ripped across his body.

"That's more like it!" the man snarled with a pleased smile on his face. "Never give up kid! If you have to die then do it with your hands around your killer's neck!"

"Ahhh..." Light-headed from the pain and his courage shattered by his opponent's brutality, Negi's mind was blank as he watched the man approach.

The man raised his spear and glared down at him. "Don't have anything against you, but my master told me to leave no witnesses. Hope you have better luck next time kid."

Pinned by the man's killing intent, Negi couldn't quite believe he was about to die. Senses sharpened into a fine edge by terror watched as a scarlet point tore through the dark night. Closer and closer came the cruel seeker of hearts, so slow yet so quick. It was only when an arm's length seperated him and death that Negi realised that, yes, he was about to be killed. He was helpless again, just like that time six years ago. This time however...

Chring! The clear sound of metal ringing against metal.

Unbeknownst to him or his attacker, the ground around Negi had been glowing softly for a while. When the spearman had moved to finish Negi off the light had flared and summoned into being four figures, one of which had quickly moved to parry Lancer's attack.

Clang! Ching!

"Tch!" the spearman found himself at a disadvantage as he was pressed back by the sudden obstacle that had presented itself. Whoever it was, they were experienced in battle and refused to give him the room he needed to deploy his longer weapon freely. He was about to try and disengage when he heard someone else come in from the side.

"Tödliche Strafe!"

"Whoa!" Negi's attacker narrowly avoided his head being pulped like an overripe lemon as he leapt back to avoid a pointed war-hammer.

The time between the spearman's attack being interrupted and his being forced back hadn't been any more than two seconds. When Negi opened his eyes again to find out why he was still alive he saw four people standing guard over him. A short, red-haired girl with a hammer almost as long as she was. Then a blonde woman that reminded him of the nurse back at his school for some reason. Next was a heavily muscled man with white hair and... Were those dog ears? Since when did people from magica mundus walk around over here without a disguise spell? Finally there was...

A knight, standing proud and strong as she faced her enemy with sword in hand. Under the silver moonlight her long hair took on the shade of cherry blossoms by night, a pale lilac that accentuated her alabaster skin against the darkness of the armour she wore. Radiating determination, she was deadly force embodied in an enchanting shell.

It was the stirring of an emotion unfamiliar to him, but for the first time in his short life, Negi looked upon a woman and thought that she was beautiful.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

Around the time Negi had been about to meet his maker at Lancer's hands, those with the eyes to see could have spotted two little girls in the air above Fuyuki city.

"Wide Area Search complete. Anomalous magic signatures detected." Raising Heart informed her 'master'.

"Could you point them out please Raising Heart?" asked Nanoha Takamachi.

"Of course, my master."

Putting words to action, Raising Heart threw up a holographic display of Fuyuki city with the sources of magical energy identified marked in pink.

"So many of them," Fate said quietly as she counted the number of dots. Twenty-two in total, spread across the entire city.

"Arrange them by signature strength please," said Nanoha.

Raising Heart promptly responded by making the dots scale in size in respect to the strength of the signature that had been detected there. Instantly, nine of the dots shrank to tiny pinpricks while four dramatically grew in size.

Fate examined the display and correlated it to the city spread out below her. "I guess we know where to look first, right Nanoha?"

"Yep!"

The two of them were about to head towards the nearest signature when Raising Heart flashed a notice.

"Alert. New anomalous magic signature detected. Strength is seven times that of next largest."

"Ehhhh? Seven times?" Nanoha looked at her device in shock. "Raising Heart, is it a Lost Logia?"

"Insufficient data," the device answered. "Closer examination required."

"Change of plans Nanoha?" inquired Fate as she waited for her friend and investigation partner.

Nanoha nodded. "We need to go check on whatever that is. If its a lost logia there might be people getting hurt."

"Where is it?" Fate was a little too far away to see the display that Raising Heart had up.

"South, where... the... explosions are?" Nanoha finished on a surprised note as she spotted the flashes of light and telltale clouds of smoke that indicated a magical battle going on.

"That can't be good," murmured Fate as they quickly flew towards the scene of the battle.

"Uh, huh." Nanoha agreed. "Whoever it is doesn't even have a barrier up," she pointed out in a voice full of concern.

Fortunately, it seemed that the battle - if that was what it had been - was soon finished. Still anxious to find out the cause, Nanoha and Fate arrived on site as the last of the smoke was being dispersed by the slow night wind.

"There's somebody there," Nanoha mentioned as they came to a stop.

"Four, no. Five of them." Ever cautious, Fate had Bardiche at the ready. "Be careful Nanoha, we don't know if they are friendly or not."

"We wont know until we talk to them," Nanoha pointed out reasonably. "Still, I wish Chrono or Yuuno was here to help us identify them," Nanoha sighed as they descended to talk to the mysterious group.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

Alyeris finished with the timeline analysis and winced. Heh heh, a misplaced decimal meant that Negi had arrived in Fuyuki a day late. Instead of summoning Saber as planned Negi had established a link with the Book of Darkness. This changed a few things, especially in regard to Nanoha and her friends. On the plus side, the girl known as Hayate would go on to live a better than average life with her family and friends until she died at the age of fifty-seven in an air accident.

As for the downsides... Alyeris felt a headache coming on when the pattern started to branch out like a cobweb built by a spider on LSD. This most certainly was going to be a doozy to sort out... Huh? Was that Negi in a mini-skirt just now?

What do you know, the godling thought as the new future began to stabilise. This might be more fun than expected!

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

Having driven off the threat to their master, Signum noted the approach of the two Mid-childian mages and summoned Laevatein into her hand again. "Vita, Zafira, company. Shamal, is our master ready to move yet?"

"In a moment," Shamal replied while she worked to heal the young boy's wounds. Really, she wasn't proud of what she remembered of their past, but even they had never tormented a child like this. Three broken ribs and heavy bruising across his lower stomach. The damage was beyond her ability to fully repair, and their new master would have to spend a night in a hospital to make sure that he healed alright.

"I can't believe we have to serve a kid this time," said Vita with Graf Eisen slung across her shoulders. "He looks smaller than I am."

"Vita, I will not forgive such disrespect towards our master," Signum said coldly as she eyed up the newcomers who had just landed. "Be quiet and prepare to carry out your duty. These two seem like they will be fit sacrifices for the book of darkness."

"Alright," Vita sighed. She turned towards the two... Children? Vita raised an eyebrow as she looked over the two girls. Either the world had changed a lot over... however long it had been, or some god out there was having a laugh at their expense.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

Alyeris felt that thought was a little unjustified. All she had done was nudge a few probabilities. She wasn't laughing or taking enjoyment from... Oh wait, she was wasn't she.

Heh heh. Back to the show...

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

This close to the unknowns Nanoha could see that one of them was a young boy about their age, currently injured and being treated by one of the woman who looked like they were in a uniform. Albeit a very... villainous uniform.

"Fate-chan, I think these might be bad guys," she whispered to her former rival and now treasured friend.

"What makes you say that?" asked Fate. As far as she could tell they hadn't shown any sign of aggression towards them, and one of their number seemed to be treating the civilian boy who lay unconscious behind them. Had Nanoha spotted something she hadn't noticed?

"Look at what they are wearing!" hissed Nanoha.

What? Fate looked, and couldn't see what Nanoha meant. "Look at what Nanoha?"

"Look at the revealing black clothes they are wearing!" Nanoha said excitedly. "Only villains wear clothes like that."

"..." Wordlessly, Fate pointed down at herself and the barrier jacket she wore.

Nanoha smiled sheepishly, only just realising her faux pas. "Well... You were kind of a villain when we first met."

Fate's expression didn't change a millimetre. "Nanoha, you are one of my most treasured people, but sometimes I really don't understand what goes on inside that head of yours."

"... Sorry?" Nanoha replied in a cutesy voice.

"..." Vita was tapping a foot against the ground. "Are you two about done? Because if you aren't coming... I'm going!"

"Eh? Wait! We are from the Time-space Admini - Kyaaah!" Nanoha barely managed to dodge the hammer that the little red-haired girl swung at her. "Why are you attacking us?"

"Nanoha!" Fate rushed to help her friend but suddenly found herself having to leap up into the air as a sword slashed through the space her body would have filled. "Who are you?"

"We are the Wolkenritter, the clouds that gather before the darkness, he who is of the night sky," Signum declared in a matter-of-fact tone. "We exist to serve the master of the Book of Darkness, and right now our duty demands that we gather your power for his use."

"Wait, what?" Nanoha would have asked for more information but was again interrupted by the red-haired girl as she attacked.

"Pay attention chibi!" Vita called out to Nanoha as she chased her. "I'm your opponent so at least make this fight interesting!"

Fate had a similar problem on her hands as Signum lay into her with Laevatein. Although she was far more experienced at hand-to-hand combat than Nanoha, she had known at the first clash of arms that her opponent outclassed her in that domain. An escape into the air had been of no use, with her opponent showing that she too was just as familiar with that formless element. Her only chance was to obtain some distance and begin to mix it up with some spells, but every time she moved she found her way barred by this new enemy swordwoman.

"Bardiche!" Fate decided to try something.

"Scythe Form!"

"Hmph!" The sudden deployment of the energy blade made Signum pause for an instant.

Fast as she was, this was enough time for Fate to prepare one of her favourite spells. "Photon Lancer!"

When the rain of light sped towards her Signum moved quickly to protect herself. "Panzer Geist."

A loud explosion rocked the still night air. Knowing that her attack hadn't been enough to end things, Fate prepared another round of photon sphere's as she backed off a little. When nothing immediately moved within the smoke Fate relaxed a little and wondered if the swordwoman had taken some damage from the attack.

Suddenly, Signum lunged out of the cloud at a speed much greater than anything she had shown before. Startled, Fate released her Photon Lancer again, but the Knight of the Sword was not about to allow herself to be hit again.

"Purple Lightning Flash!" The magic-enhanced blade smashed straight through the plasma bolts in front of her.

"Ah!" Fate put up a guard with Bardiche but was flung back through the air upon impact. Her device came out in even worse shape than her. Already chipped and scored by Laevatein, the full on hit left the shaft cracked in places.

Off to the side Nanoha wasn't faring much better against Vita. If there was one thing to be grateful for however it was that the two unknowns around that young boy had put up an isolation field. As destructive as her tiny opponent was, this was a very good thing in terms of collateral damage and civilian casualties, both big no no's when operating on non-administered worlds.

"Divine Shooter!" Nanoha shot off two rounds of her most commonly used offensive spell as she flew up to dodge another swing of that hammer.

"Hah, pathetic!" cried out Vita as her barrier stopped the attack cold. "If that's all you got you may as well give up already!"

"Why are we even fighting?" Nanoha asked as she dodged Vita's pursuit. "What do you people want?"

Vita ignored her and got out four metallic orbs. "Would you stay still you little brat? Schwalbe Fliegen!"

Nanoha bristled. "Hey! I am just as big as you are - Eek! Round Shield!"

Nanoha too got to enjoy the sensation of being thrown through the air as the four streaks of red light hit her defence. Fortunately her shield had managed to hold out and the only damage she had taken was to her pride.

"Muu, Raising Heart, are you alright?" she asked her device as she regained her balance.

"I am fine my master," replied the device.

"Okay," Nanoha looked up to see the violent chibi-chan ready to sweep down again. "Excuse me, but must we fight like this? If you would just settle down and talk I am sure that we could figure out something!"

"Less talking, more dying!" shouted Vita as she attacked. The red-haired knight was not pleased with how the battle had gone so far. This annoying little girl kept running away instead of politely standing still in order to be hit.

Nanoha frowned as she loosed off another three divine shooter shots. "Stop it!"

"Eh? Panzer Schild," Vita lazily put up a shield against which the three rounds spent themselves uselessly. "Would you be quiet already?"

"Master, I suggest Divine Buster," Raising Heart spoke up as Nanoha considered her options.

"I suppose we don't have a choice," Nanoha muttered. "Chibi-chan! If you aren't going to listen to me willingly..."

"Divine -"

"I will just have to force you to!"

"- Buster," Raising Heart finished gathering power and Nanoha released her attack.

"Chibi-chan?" Vita was about to throw a little tantrum when she noticed the concentration of magic power around Nanoha's device. Cocky from the ease of the battle until now, she was about to just stand there and take it when she realised just how much power was being put into the attack. "Ack! Pferde!"

Due to her slow reaction Vita got clipped by the energy beam as it went by. Nanoha frowned and was about to try again when she realised that something had changed.

"Enough with the games," Vita growled as she shook her left arm. "I'm finishing this now! Graf Eisen, load catridge!"

"Jawhol!" The armed device quickly loaded and discarded two of the catridges that were loaded in its magazine.

"Danger. Enemy power rapidly rising," Raising Heart warned Nanoha.

"What?" Nanoha couldn't understand why the atmosphere had suddenly changed. "Uhmm, Raising Heart, Divine -."

"Oh no you don't! Pferde!" Vita rushed her opponent. "Todliche Strafe!"

"Round Shield." Of its own intiative Raising Heart cancelled the Divine Buster and acted to protect its master.

"Heh, fine then! Raketenform!" Graf Eisen shifted from its plain hammer shape to a mad scientist's dream of what a warhammer should be like. Rocket boosters roared into life as the pointed bit that rested against Nanoha's defence bored its way past the Round Shield. "Sweet dreams brat!" Vita cried out as Graf Eisen finally shattered the shield and Nanoha's barrier jacket.

"Nanoha!" Fate saw what had happened and attempted to go to her friend's side.

Signum took advantage of Fate's distraction to step inside her guard. "Foolish," she commented as her fist hammered into Fate's stomach. "You shouldn't look away from the enemy in front of you during a battle."

She then raised Laevatein to finish the girl off. It was regretful that she had to kill such a young girl but her duty as one of the book's servants was clear.

Eliminate all enemies, gather their energy. Nothing was to stand in the way of completing the book and granting ultimate power to her master.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-

When Negi opened his eyes again he saw an unfamiliar face hovering over his.

"Are you awake master?" the woman asked.

"Hmm?" Negi blinked. Oh, it was one of the people from just before. Who was she talking to? It couldn't be him could it?

"Oh good," the woman helped him to sit up. "Master, I am sorry that we are unable to greet you as protocol demands, but right now we have to get you to a safe location. Is there anywhere that you would recommend?"

"... Hwah?" Negi stared at her blankly for a second before he came to his senses. "Excuse me maam, but when you say 'master' are you talking to me?"

"Of course master," the woman replied. She looked surprised. "We are a part of the Book of Darkness, and as the book's master you are the one we obey. Uhm... You didn't know?"

"... Book of Darkness?" Somehow, that didn't sound so good.

"Oh dear," the woman mumbled to herself. "We will explain later. Right now we really must leave before we are attacked again master. Is there anywhere we can take you?"

Negi winced as the pain in his chest reminded him of his harrowing flight from the crazy spear wielder. There were more people like him around? In that case...

"Uhm... I was on my way to the local church when I was attacked," Negi told... Oh dear. "Oh, excuse my rudeness maam. My name's Negi Springfield, may I ask you for your name?"

Now it was the woman's turn to blink as she stared at Negi. "Excuse me?"

Negi squirmed under her gaze. Was there something wrong with what he had just said? "Uhm, may I have the pleasure of getting to know your name maam?"

"... My name is Shamal, master," the blonde Wolkenritter said dumbly. Her mind was trying to deal with the weirdness of a ten year old boy who was her master using such formal language to ask for her name. It... Just wasn't something she had ever dealt with before.

"Ms Shamal? Well, uhm, if you could be so kind. Could you please help me get to the Church?" Negi's calm facade crumbled a little as he remembered why he was on his way to the church. "The priest there is supposed to give me a place to stay for the night while I wait for someone to come pick me up."

Shamal decided that she could be dazed later. She had an order from her master to carry out. "At once, master."

She was about to tell Signum of their orders when a loud crash was heard above them. Negi was about to ask what was going on when he saw a girl about his age stretched out on the ground with some strange staff in ruins beside her.

"Master? Where are you going?" Shamal asked when Negi leapt up.

Negi didn't notice that Zafira had fallen in behind him as he rushed to help the wounded young lady. When he got close he hissed as he saw how badly she had been beaten by whoever had attacked her.

"Are you alright miss?" Negi asked the inane question asked by so many people around the world when confronted by someone in pain. He then remembered where he was and asked the question again in Japanese just in case.

"Who... ?" Fate whispered as she struggled to get up.

"Master! Please back away from her," said a voice Negi hadn't heard before. "We will leave as soon as I have collected her linker core."

Negi turned to find the woman he had admired earlier. He stared at her for a moment, why he wasn't sure. Then his head caught up with her words and Negi frowned at her.

"Excuse me miss, what do you mean 'collect her linker core'?" Negi asked suspiciously. "We have to get her to a hospital straight away!"

Signum shifted uneasily. "Master? She is a prime source of power for the book of darkness. It would be a waste not to collect power from her." She then stepped forward to do just that.

Negi barred her way. "Stop it. You are not going to do anything to this girl."

"Master?" Signum wasn't sure what to think of this development.

Signum, I don't think our new master knows anything about the book of darkness, Signum heard Shamal tell her over a telepathic link.

Signum looked at her fellow knight. Are you sure?

Quite. The Knight of the Lake nodded. From what I can tell his magic power triggered the activation of the book, but I don't think it wasn't intentional. It would be strange after all for such a young boy to summon us.

I concur, added Zafira. His expressions are too open to be the type of person that would normally use the book.

Signum looked back towards her new master. He was standing there defiantly even though he looked to be in pain from his own wounds. It was actually quite cute in a way, she thought before she realised her thoughts were wondering.

Ah. Vita. She addressed the last of their group.

What is it? Vita replied as if annoyed. If you are gonna say I'm going too slow again, don't bother. I just need to collect this brat's linker core and I will be with you.

It's about that, said Signum as she looked at her master again. Don't collect so much that it kills her. It appears that our new master is not yet ready to take a life.

Huh? Gah, I knew it! He's just a brat himself isn't he!

Vita... Signum growled over the link.

Fine, I will just take about three quarters then. Be right there. Signum could imagine Vita's scowl without even seeing it.

Satisfied that Vita wasn't about to offend their new master's sensibilities, Signum cut the link. She then knelt down in front of her master and bowed her head.

"The Knight of the Sword, Signum, formally swears service to you, my master." She waited to see if he would say anything but went on when it didn't appear as if he would. "What is that you would have us do?"

Even if she asked, Negi was in no state to answer. Just the pain from his still tender wounds was bad enough, but the events he had gotten embroiled in tonight were just too much an inexperienced boy to handle. First the murder, then the crazy guy, and now he had these people who called him master who apparently wanted to go about draining magical power from people. What was he supposed to think? Never mind do!

"Uhm..." The huge man and Shamal had come over to bow before him as well. It didn't look as if they were about to get angry at him for stopping them. "Are you going to try and drain this girl if I move?" he asked uncertainly.

"Only if you wish it, master," Signum replied with her head still down.

"No! Uh, ah..." Negi gave up. He couldn't deal with this himself when he hadn't the faintest idea what was going on. Maybe the priest he was supposed to meet could help? "Okay, we should take this girl and head for the church."

Signum finally looked up. "Take the girl? Are you sure master?"

"Of course!" Negi was shocked. "We can't just leave her here!"

"As you wish," Signum stood up. "Zafira, take the girl. Ah." She stopped and looked at him again. "Master, there is another girl that we were in battle against. Should we take her as well?"

"Another one?" Negi was beyond surprised now. "Is she hurt too?"

Signum nodded. After being hit by Vita and having most of her linker core drained, she would be surprised if the girl could even stay awake.

"Yes!" Some of what he had seen and heard finally got past Negi's horror, allowing him to draw some connections. "And no more fighting until I say so! Especially not little girls!"

"Yes master," Signum decided to ignore the comment about little girls for now as she opened up the link to Vita again. Did their new master think they were child abusers or something?