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Interlude One


The woman pursed her lips and blew out an irritated sigh at the loud knocking on the door. Honestly, they always came at the worst time. Her children were due back from school soon, and she always liked to have something ready for them after their long day.

She walked to the front door and looked through the peephole, frowning at the pair of official uniforms and briefcase. Sphere soldiers. What could they possibly want?

She opened the door and greeted them with a warm smile. The soldiers did not return it, and she had not expected them to. She sighed. What was society coming to? She worried so for her children's future.

"Mrs Higurashi?" the taller asked, a thin wiry male of his mid-thirties. His lapels told her that he was a Lieutenant, a class B. As she always did with people outside her family, she assumed the perfect role of a superior Class and shot him a hard look.

"Yes. What brings you here?"

The briefcase was lifted and opened, a photo on the top of a pile of documents. Mrs Higurashi squinted, trying to make out the picture without her glasses.

"It's about your daughter, ma'am."

Blood, flesh, bone…

"There was an incident at the Base."

… and the world fell away.