Authors Note 1

Reminder that all scenes that happened in canon but aren't mentioned here still happened off screen.

"Speech"

'Thought'

In the Ptolemaios Conference Room

Marina sat down at the long table, still in her prisoner garb with a drink in her hands. She looked at Ian, Setsuna, Tieria and Lasse, and said in a diplomatic tone, "For coming to my rescue and bringing an end to the terrible civil war in Azadistan five years ago, I thank you. You stopped the war without resorting to violence." She gave the group a small smile and continued, "The course you chose was a good one."

Setsuna spoke up, "That's all well and good but what are your plans now?"

Marina responded to that, "I plan to return to Azadistan." Lasse stated slightly incredulously, "That's ridiculous." Ian and Tieria just quirked an eyebrow and Setsuna maintained his even face.

Setsuna spoke his thoughts, "The security forces will be looking for you." Tieria spoke up after Setsuna, adding on, "It's possible the security forces will intervene, using you as an excuse."

Marina looked down at the table and reflected sadly, "Since Azadistan hasn't joined the Federation, the world has abandoned us. Our economy has failed and now that Rasa, the conservative leader, has passed away, their dispute with the reformists has reached a stalemate." Her voice then picked up a bit of confidence, and she continued, "But, that is why I'm needed."

Setsuna, understanding that she has her heart set on this course, stated, "Of course. We'll have the Ptolemy set a course for Azadistan."

Ian spoke up, his words surprising Lasse and Tieria, "Roger that Setsuna." Tieria was surprised at the fact Ian was just going along with the suggestion, but they did not have an overall plan at the moment, so it made sense. Lasse nodded at that and Ian and Lasse headed out the door to lay a course to Azadistan. As the door opened, Mileina suddenly popped in the room. She looked at Setsuna and Marina and with a curious voice asked, "By any chance, are you two lovers?" Ian just looked on with sigh and Marina and Setsuna looked at Mileina and said at the same time in a deadpan voice, "We are not." Mileina had a look of disappointment on her face and said, "I guess my female intuition was wrong." She left the room just as quickly, heading back to the bridge. Setsuna looked at Marina and said, "Let's go. I'll show you where you will be staying." Marina nodded at that, still trying to figure out what drove Setsuna to keep fighting as they walked to her room.

Hanger of the Ptolemaios

Feldt rested against a railing in the hanger, keeping her eyes on the Cheridum. She knew Lyle was in there, most likely practicing. She knew it was weird the way that she was always watching him, but she could feel the ghost of his brother in her heart and couldn't get that out of her head. She couldn't bring herself to talk to the new Lockon about it, so she kept her distance. As she left her train of thought, she saw the hatch of the Cheridum open, and Lyle came out of it, walking right towards her with the orange haro. She rotated 180 degrees and stood stiffly with her arms at her sides, hoping he didn't notice she was watching him. Lyle had in fact noticed her and was curious as to why she was here.

Lyle had noticed that she always seemed to follow him a bunch and that she was always keeping her eyes on him. He wasn't sure if she was suspicious of him or maybe something else. Maybe she even was attracted to him. 'She's not a bad looking girl.' He figured they were alone here so now was a good time to find out. He approached her from behind and said in a friendly tone, "Hi, something wrong?"

Feldt replied awkwardly, still not looking at him, "Nothing's wrong." He leaned forward slightly and stated, "Your name's Feldt, right? I keep feeling like you are looking at me. Why is that?" Feldt was about to respond, but haro spoke up, stating, "Feldt like Lockon! Feldt like Lockon!" As haro said this, Lyle's mood changed. He thought to himself 'Why does it always come back to my brother? I'm not my brother and I'll show her that.'

Feldt turned around to face haro and yelled with an embarrassed tone, "Haro!" Keeping his tone the same as before, Lyle looked at Feldt as she turned to look at him and said, "You know I'm not my brother, right?" The pink-haired girl turned to face the railing, away from the Irish man, and explained as she closed her eyes, "I didn't mean to. I know…" She blushed slightly then felt a hand on her chin as Lyle moved her head to face his, his face close to hers. She thought to herself, 'What is going on?'

Lockon spoke in flirtatious tone, telling her, "But if you're alright with that, we could spend some time together." He brought his lips down on hers and she stood there in shock, eyes wide open and not responding to the kiss. 'This isn't Neil! How dare Lyle kiss me!' As he broke the kiss a few seconds later, he continued, "If you are up for it, swing by my-" He was interrupted by Feldt slapping him, and he noticed tears in her eyes. The girl stood there for a second, then ran to the elevator, pressing the button to head to the bridge level. She felt tears brimming up from her and her vision got a bit hazier as the elevator rose. She tried to fight back her sobs, but she couldn't stop the tears flowing from her eyes. 'He shouldn't have kissed me! But I did treat him like he was Neil. That was unfair of me. Neil was dead. And he wasn't coming back. How stupid could I be!' As the door to the elevator opened, she ran through the hall, focusing her eyes on the ground, until she collided with someone. She heard them grunt from the impact, then heard Mileina's voice speak to her in a worried tone, "Feldt! Are you ok? Why are you crying?"

Feldt attempted to catch her breath and contain her sobs, responding to Mileina with frayed emotions, "I was in the hanger and Lyle. He…" She felt tears come up again and Mileina told her, "It's ok. Take a few seconds to calm down." Taking Mileina's advice to heart, Feldt took some deep breaths and relaxed, collecting her thoughts. She restarted what she was saying earlier, explaining what happened to her. Mileina spoke up in indignation after hearing what happened, "That's mean of him! He took your first kiss and hurt you! Should I get my dad? He could deal with him!"

Feldt raised her hands in a motion to calm Mileina down, "No, don't worry about it. I shouldn't have been looking at him like his brother." Mileina reacted to that comment in the same tone as before, "That may be true, but he shouldn't have kissed you! You should ask him to apologize."

Feldt placated her, knowing she was needed on the bridge more than dealing with her own issues, "I'll talk to him about this at some point. Let's just get back to the bridge. We are needed." Mileina nodded and the two made their way back to the bridge. As they approached the bridge, Mileina stopped and called out to Feldt, with a smile on her face, "I think you will find a nice guy. A pretty girl like you can find a good boyfriend. My female intuition is never wrong! Most of time…" Feldt stopped as Mileina said that, her mind bringing up the memory of Setsuna being there when she left the letter for Neil. Even f Setsuna wasn't aware of it at the time but being there with him had helped soothe her soul at that time. Without realizing it, she said aloud, "I should thank him for that."

Mileina heard that and said, "Thank who?" Feldt blushed slightly and in an embarrassed tone, deflecting the question, "No one!" Mileina saw that Feldt wasn't going to answer her and realized she should keep an eye on the pink-haired girl. Feldt saw Mileina give her a mischievous look, realizing she wasn't going to let this go, even if she stopped asking about it. Mileina chirped happily, "Well, I hope that goes well." Mileina then opened the door to the bridge and said, "Well, back to work." The two girls got to work checking on systems, Feldt pushing back the memory of what just happened for now.

Marina's Quarters

After leading Marina to her room, Setsuna found himself wandering the ship and eventually found his way back to Marina's room, wanting to check up on her. 'Perhaps she has gotten some rest since she got aboard.' As the door slid open, he saw Marina leaning on the railing next to the window, which showed a wide expanse of the ocean. 'I'm surprised she isn't resting. Setsuna spoke up quietly, "Is something wrong?"

Marina turned around, surprised to see Setsuna. 'I must have been so focused I didn't hear the door open.' She relaxed for a second then steeled herself. She knew what she needed to say to Setsuna. What she should have said when she met him four years ago, "I want you to come back with me to Azadistan! I want to rebuild the country into a place where people can live peaceful lives and you can help me!"

Setsuna furrowed his eyebrows in thought, then retorted, "I can't do that. The world needs the gundams. There can be no peace until the A-Laws are defeated. Your country can't rebuild while the world is as it is."

Marina replied in a desperate voice, "But haven't you done enough? Aren't you tired of fighting? All it has done is create more chaos and destruction! You need to try to understand people!"

Setsuna raised his voice slightly and said, "And that destruction and chaos will continue as long as people like the A-Laws exist. You can't fight people like that with kind words. You need people like me to fight those battles so other people can be safe. That's why soldiers exist." Marina hung her head as he said this. 'Did he think that's all he's good for?'

Marina stated back, "I grew up seeing the destruction and damage the war did in the middle east when I was growing up. All the reports of people dying and fanatical calls for the death of their enemies! You are willing to keep continuing that cycle?"

Setsuna's features darkened as he was reminded of the wars in the Middle East. He looked her straight in the eyes and stated cooly, "I also grew up in those wars. I served as a soldier in Krugis as a child and saw firsthand no talking would ever solve that war." Marina gasped as he said that. 'That explains why he acts the way he does. He's known nothing but war. Now I understand, Setsuna.' The raven-haired pilot continued, "Krugis only ended because your country absorbed it. Good people stood by and watched evil men create that situation. Good people need to be willing to fight against evil and corruption when there is no other option." Setsuna finished his statement, waiting for Marina's response.

Marina stood there absorbing what he said. She knew he was partially right deep down, but it made no sense to her personally. All she knew was violence and conflict ruined the Middle East and there still was conflict after. Force was needed to maintain peace. Shirin had said as much over the years as her advisor. But why? 'People shouldn't have to fight. They should be free to lead happy lives. I only wish I had Shirin here to talk to about this.' Realizing she wasn't going to convince Setsuna about this, she changed topics. Looking into his eyes, she asked Setsuna, "What do you plan to do after you beat the A-Laws? Do you plan to keep doing this peacekeeping?"

Setsuna tilted his head slightly and replied evenly, "Yes. I am only good at fighting, so that's what I'll continue to do."

Marina looked down sadly, "You are more than just a soldier or warrior. You are a human who should find personal happiness. You don't have to fight for your entire life. Finding a dream, love or even just a group of people to care about is something worth doing! Finding happiness beyond ideals should be something you look for."

Setsuna let the words bounce around his head and quietly responded, "I don't know how to do that." 'What was there beyond ensuring peace in the world? After killing my parents as a child, do I deserve to have someone that close me'? He shook his head slightly side to side. 'It's too busy now to focus on that. I have bigger things to worry about.'

Marina gave him a small smile, "You have to open your heart and try to understand them. I can't teach you, but if need be, I can help you try to understand. It's the least I can do for you helping my country four years ago and rescuing me."

Setsuna looked at her gratefully and said, "Thank you. I'll think about what you said. You should get some rest. Do you need anything?"

Marina replied, "No, I'm good. Thank you for giving me your perspective." Setsuna nodded to her and walked out the door, hearing is slide closed behind him.

Ptolemaios Hanger

Saji found himself following Ian on his maintenance tasks. They had told him that he could be of use and he was tired of sitting in that cell. Ian was currently working on the wiring within a panel in the hanger. 'Why are they just letting me see all their technology?' Saji put down a toolbox, staying on one knee, and asked, "Are you sure it's ok if I see all of your secret technology?"

Ian responded gruffly, "We're shorthanded and you've got your Class 2 Space Engineer's License, right?"

Saji replied curiously, "Yeah?"

"If a man doesn't work, he doesn't eat." Saji laughed slightly at that, and said, "Ok, I get it. Uh, Mr…"

Ian interrupted him, "Call me Ian. My name's Ian Vashti." Ian put out his hand, asking for another tool.

Saji nodded his head and handed him the tool he was asking for from the box. Saji was curious about one thing. He asked Ian, "What is someone like you doing here Mr. Ian?"

"I've seen plenty of battlefields, so I was sick of them. I wanted to get rid of war. Same with everyone here. Some served on the frontlines, some had their bodies rebuilt by the military and others had their parents die trying to save people. Others had their family killed in a terrorist attack and some of them even were forced to become child soldiers. Everyone has lost something precious. That's the reality of the world." This surprised Saji. He hadn't really thought about what type of people would be willing to risk the world's hatred to try to solve it. These weren't monsters, but people. Saji wondered to himself 'Would I have done the same if I lost my sister or Louise to something not related to gundams?' It was a sobering thought to him.

He spoke up, asking a question he had wanted to ask for a while, "But doesn't that…"

Ian interrupted him again pulling himself out of the panel he was working on and looking Saji straight in the eye, "Make us criminals? Yes, and we will accept our punishment, but only after we have stamped out war." Saji saw the dedication in this man's eyes. These people really believed in that cause. I almost wished Mr. Ian hadn't told me that. How can you hate someone who you know has a human reason to want to fight? The world was more complicated than Saji had thought, but he just wanted to get back to his old life. But why does it feel like that is impossible now?

Sumeragi's Room

Sumeragi and Allelujah were both in her room, a glass of wine in Sumeragi's hands. Allelujah wanted to get her opinion on the Marie and Soma situation, so he had asked if they could talk in her room. Sumeragi asked him curiously, "Soma Peries, right? She was the HRL supersoldier?"

Allelujah looked down, asking himself as well as her, "How could I have not known it was her sooner? Marie was the only one who could have disrupted my quantum brainwaves like that." Sumeragi looked away from him slightly, understanding he was beating himself up, like she was to herself. He paused for a second, then continued, "When I was captured by the UN forces, I felt like my time had come to pay for my sins and I was even ok with rotting away in that prison, but now everything's changed. I want to get Marie back."

Sumeragi rested against her desk, "You know she's your enemy?"

"I know." He replied.

"On top of that you destroyed the superhuman institute lab."

He sighed, "I know. I killed our brothers and sisters. If she knew about that, she would probably hate me and I've done enough things to deserve it too." He sat up a little bit straighter, "But even if she does despise me, I owe it to her." Sumeragi felt envious of that. 'To have something to fight for even if you know it might not work out.'

Sumeragi interrupted him, causing him to swivel his head to face her. She stated, her voice full of regret, "I envy you. You have a reason to fight now. I wonder if I ever had a reason to fight."

Allelujah's voice was full of surprise, "But didn't you support Aeolia's ideals?"

"I did believe in his ideals and wanted to eliminate war, but selfishly, I also wanted to leave behind my loathsome past."

Allelujah was confused. What did she do? "Loathsome past?"

Self-loathing entered her voice, "Every battle I fought was with that in my mind. I sacrificed all these lives for my own ego." Allelujah spoke up to try to say something, but she interrupted him. "But despite all I did, I couldn't escape my past. The way things are now, I have no reason to fight. Or any reason to be here."

Allelujah spoke with certainty in his voice, "I know how you feel, but there's a reason you are here."

"No, I doubt it."

"If that's true, then why did you rescue me? I know you'll find a reason to keep fighting. You just have to look inside yourself. And even if you can't trust yourself, trust that the crew believes in you." The words caught her off guard. She tried to open her mouth to respond, but she couldn't think of anything to say. Allelujah saw her state and said, "Thank you for talking with me. We all have our faith in you. I'll give you time so you can think about it." He gave her a smile and left the room. Sumeragi slumped down into a chair. 'Can I really help? Maybe the crew is correct to believe in me. Emilio, please help me.'

Bridge of the Ptolemaios

The bridge crew sat on the bridge, focusing on their tasks, when a sonar reading came up in front of Mileina. She spotted six objects moving rapidly to the Ptolemy. Raising her voice and speaking through the PA system, she reported, "Six enemies on sonar, approaching fast." Lasse spoke up, adding, "Those aren't enemies. Those are torpedos! Feldt!"

Feldt responded immediately, "GN field, maximum output!" The green particle shield raised over the ship, ready to take the hits from the torpedoes. As the torpedo's closed in and hit the Ptolemy, the shield blocked the direct damage from the weapons, but the ship was buffeted by the concussive force of the explosives, causing the ship to rock heavily. Feldt looked over the system and noticed that she couldn't get any data from sonar. Scanning, she detected that there were chemicals in the aftermath of the explosions. 'Those must be blocking our sensors.' Over the PA, she announced, "The torpedoes were carrying a heavy chemical compound. Our sensors are blind at the moment!" Lasse add in questioningly, "An enemy that can maneuver at this depth? It must be a new model."

As the bridge finished that announcement, Feldt noticed a second wave of torpedoes approaching the ship visually. These two weapons seemed to have pseudo-GN particles coming off of them. She spoke to the ship again "Another wave of torpedoes approaching. Two large ones. Brace for impact!" The bridge prepared for impact, knowing they couldn't dodge this attack. They were shocked when they saw the torpedoed pass through the GN field, and landed directly on the starboard side of the ship, opening a hull breach in the hanger section, causing water to flood in. Mileina relayed this over the PA, stating, "Hull breach in the hangers! Their weapon passed through the GN field!"

Lasse pushed the ship up at a steeper angle, stating over the PA, "I'm bringing the ship up to a lower depth so we can launch the gundams. Everybody hold on!" As he began to push the ship up to a lower depth, he suddenly felt impacts of explosions above him. 'Depth charges!? The enemy was prepared for this.' He heard Mileina shout over the PA, "Those were chemical charges! Weapon ports are jammed closed! I can't access any of them!" Lasse jumped in, "I've lost steering as well!" The bridge crew yelled out in confusion, not knowing what to do, when they heard the door open and Sumeragi's voice confidently yell, "Calm down!" She rested her arm on the back of Lasse's seat and continued, "There is a way out! The bombardment will stop soon." The crew felt an aura of calm wash over the bridge, feeling better now that Sumeragi was here to lead them. "Once it does, the underwater enemy will approach us, and lead a direct attack." As she finished that sentence, another impact rocked the ship, and the sensors reported another hull breach on the port. Feldt spoke over the PA to inform the crew, "Hull breach on the port side! Severe damage! The ship can't take much more!" The crew looked at Sumeragi, surprised that she seemed to be smirking about this. Lasse was about to ask what was going on when she beat him to the punch, "Boy are we lucky. The enemy that we couldn't find is right next to us. And we are at a safe depth to launch the gundams. The enemy even helped speed up the flooding of the lower containers.

With the Gundams

As the container fully flooded, the Seravee floated out into the water, heading towards the enemy attached to the side of their ship. He spotted the thin black mobile armor. It had a thin, sleek black hull, with shades of red as highlights, and attached to the central part of it were two large arms that ran parallel with the cockpit portion that had spikes protruding into the Ptolemy, which could split into two more arms and a torpedo launcher below the chassis. Tieria grabbed the front of the machine and pushed his engines at full power. He heard the pilot of the machine say, "Trying to fight the power of the Trilobite? With just the power of the mobile suit?" Tieria smirked and replied, "I have an ace up my sleeve. Trans-am!" His suit began to glow red, and he moved the Trilobite out of the hole that it had made, moving it a decent distance from the ship. The mobile arm had its arms try to pierce into the Seravee but found it unable to pierce the suits armor.

Just then, the Cheridum arrived, opening fire on the mobile armor from close range. Even though the water was reducing his particle weapons effectiveness, Lyle knew that he was doing damage to the Trilobite. The machine rocked from the hits, attempting to retreat to get at a further distance to fire its torpedoes, but the 00 came rocketing toward the mobile armor, surprising the pilots of that machine. As Setsuna charged the machine, the voice of Marina echoed in his head 'You don't have to fight for your entire life.' He shook it off, his voice filling with resolve as he yelled, "00, eliminating target!" He got into melee range, first cutting off the end of claw with his sword, then cutting a large gash in the front of the machine. He then put two more large cuts into the center of the hull, carving through it like butter. And as he carved through the last of its arms, he saw the machine react violently and explode. Wasting no time, he called out, "Allelujah!"

Alleujah replied, "On it!" As he dashed through the water towards the 00. Setsuna grabbed onto the fin of the Arios as he passed by and Allelujah rose through the water, activating his trans-am. As the two of them broke the surface of the water, Setsuna spotted a larger carrier class ship. 'That must be where the attacks came from.' Letting go of the Arios, he charged forward, intending to destroy the bridge of the ship. But just as he was about to reach it, the raven-haired pilot felt another mobile suit slam into him. When he recovered from the hit, he saw what looked like an Ahead, but different. It had a samurai like helmet on and a curved beam saber as its weapon. It raised its sword at him and charged. The 00 responded in kind, clashing blades with him with an amazingly fast speed, and Setsuna was forced to dodge out of the way with some difficulty. 'Wait, I know that technique. Is it that Union fighter from four years ago?' The other pilot switched his sword to his other hand and charged back into to engage him again. 'It's a rematch then.'

As Setsuna and the other mobile suit engaged in battle, Allelujah saw a custom ahead launch, heading straight for him. He transformed into his mobile suit mode and opened fire. His first two attacks missed and the third one deflected by a small shield. The way it moves. That's Marie! He saw Soma return fire and attempted to dodge out of the way, succeeding with most of them, but two landed solid hits. He felt the impact of the hits. 'I should be dodging this easy with this suit. But without Hallelujah and my quantum brainwaves, I'm at a disadvantage. Those hits were due to me, not the suit.' He was happy at least some of him muscle memories were intact. As Soma drew out her beam saber to engaging him in melee yelling, "Fall gundam!", shells from out of nowhere hit her, forcing her to see where they came from as well as dodge the remaining shots coming at her. Her, along with all the other pilots, saw a formation of nine older mobile suits. They all recognized them as Katharon mobile suits. Setsuna's saw his opponent charge into the formation, but he heard Feldt say to him, "Fall back to the designated point to regroup." He replied, "Understood." He moved away from the battlefield, Allelujah following behind him. Setsuna pondered about that fight. 'Why do I feel like this isn't that last time I will fight that pilot?'

Back on the Bridge of the Ptolemaios

As the order was given out to leave the battlefield, the bridge crew visibly relaxed. They had survived a desperate battle and won, thanks to Sumeragi. Lasse looked at her, "Thanks for the save. It's good to see the old you again. What caused you to help us?"

Sumeragi gave him a smile and said, "Even if I don't fully believe in myself, you guys seemingly do and I'm not going to let down you guys for a second time. Also, you guys need me if you want to win."

Lasse gave her an appreciative head nod, "Are you officially joining us?"

"Looks like it."

Feldt responded in a happy voice, "It's good to have you back officially, Ms. Sumeragi!" Mileina spoke in a similar tone, "Now we definitely have a chance to win!"

Sumeragi then blushed slightly and said, "It's good to be back." She turned to face Feldt, and with a slightly bashful look, stated, "Also Feldt, the uniform you gave me was a bit…tight. I think you need to get the next size up."

Feldt giggled at that, "Don't worry, I'll get you the right size."

The Ptolemaios

After the crew escaped from the A-Laws ship, Feldt was asked to head to the hanger to help oversee repairs from the battle damage. The holes had been patched and the water drained, but there were other repairs that needed to be looked at. About halfway to the hanger, she spotted Lyle coming the opposite direction, most likely from the hanger itself. She really wanted to avoid this, but she knew this was a good time to talk to him in private. If the crew had to save the world, keeping this festering wouldn't be good, so she stopped in front of him, steeling her nerves. He looked at her confused, then smiled and asked, "Here to take me up on my offer?"

She glared at him and said with a hard voice, "I think we need to talk." He nodded at that and they entered the conference room nearby. He opened the conversation with a casual voice, "So do I start, or do you want to start?"

Feldt looked at him and with determination in her voice, she stated, "I know treating you like your brother was wrong on my part, but you didn't have to kiss me to prove it!" She felt some tears welling up, but she held them back. "So, why? Why did you do that?"

Lyle sighed in frustration, "I always hated being compared to my brother and the way you watched me reminded me of that, especially after what haro said. It always hurt to be compared to him. So, I made sure you knew I wasn't him." Feldt could sense there was more to this than he was letting on, but her mind focused on the obvious statement he made.

"I never meant to compare you to him. Neil just meant so much to me." She felt tears running down her face, which quickly slowed as she got control of her emotions. Seeing that, a pang of sympathy shot through Lyle and he probably had been harsher than he needed to.

Lyle ran his hand through his hair and said with sincerity, "I'm sorry I went too far. How about we start over with a clean slate? I'm not asking to be a friend, just clear up this mess so it doesn't affect the work we do." Looking at his body language and facial expression, Feldt could tell he was being truthful and didn't intend to hurt her so much. She gave him a slight smile and said, "I can agree to that. Just don't do it again."

Lyle replied in a flirtatious tone, "So I don't have another shot?" He saw the girl glare at him. He put his hands up in defense, "Alright, I get it. Won't happen again. We good?" He saw Feldt nod, and he continued, "Well back on duty I suppose."

As he was about to exit the room, he heard Feldt ask in a quiet tone, "Do you still miss him?" Without turning around, he replied, "Of course. It always hurts a little. Doesn't mean I can't move on. He would want you to move on, same as me. No point getting stuck in the past." He heard Feldt respond, "Thank you." He gave her a thumbs up as he exited the door, leaving Feldt alone in the room.

'Lyle was right. I have to move on from him. I hope wherever you are Neil, you are happy with us. And who knows, maybe Mileina was right about finding a boyfriend.' She smiled to herself, an image of Setsuna flashing in her mind for a second, as she exited the room, feeling like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

Author's Note 2

So not a whole ton to say here for this chapter. The whole Feldt and Lyle last conversation was just me trying to fill in a detail that might have happened in the story but wasn't there because time constraints, which I understand. Also adding in the Mileina bit was a tossup between her or Sestuna but I went with her for the sister relationship part. The shipping can come later. And I hope you like what I have planned for Marina, as someone challenges her views. More to come later.

On a side thing, I would like to mention I would love to see what you guys think, so don't be afraid to leave reviews. I don't bite.

P.S. Also my editor is still complaining about Marina, so that's not changing anytime soon

P.P.S. This is to my editor. I'm not doing it so you can stop.