Haji
The red shield are not easy to understand, or manipulate, by any means. Having cornered Konella to reveal who she was, why she knew of Saya and I, she handled herself well by giving them information only I would know of. Joel's diary. Placing her guard up and knowing she stands on thin ice with them, the pull I felt towards Saya was strong. Her awakening still baffling to understand, the desire to stand by her side remained stronger than before.
The man named David stopped, shifting to the side and abruptly stopped me to interrogate.
"Are you hiding something from us, Haji?" David spoke darkly, putting his hand on his gun and watching the others continue to walk by, he was not so easily convinced of Konella being who she claims.
"She was kept secret. When I found her during my travels she was in a state of hibernation. She awoke in reaction to my connection with Saya." He scrutinized my claim. Unknown if this would suffice as a cover for her, he seemed at a loss to do anything until further analysis.
"That better be true," fixating his suit to hide his gun and walking away to speak with his partner, I glanced towards Konella and Saya side by side and found Saya nervous around her. She didn't show great discomfort, but she was unsure of everything that was happening around her and remained silent.
We returned to the hospital where Saya's 'father' was being kept for operation when I noticed Konella falling a step behind. Doing the same without notice to speak with her, she seemed to be in deep thought over something I couldn't imagine.
"Does something trouble you?"
"…Saya's keeping her distance from me. She will make those men more wary of me if she keeps distancing away from me each time I stand near."
"I see." She noticed the same thing as he. "I will comfort Saya and have her be more at ease around you."
"Don't force her…but this will be hard to convince those two who are keeping a careful watch of my every move."
Her judgement not wrong as David turned back to see us speaking. Saya was already inside the hospital waiting room to see if George would pull through with the surgery.
"I thought this would be a much smoother meeting." Her humor dry, her shoulders tense with worry, my hand was reaching for her before hearing Saya call out for me. The desire to answer her call taking away the notion to comfort Konella placed her in a spot of confusion. Though I had wished to explain to her the connection between chevalier and master, I had already begun heading to Saya's side.
"Haji, I wonder if dad is going to be alright." Confining in me and taking hold of my sleeve, it was unbearable to watch Saya be this way. After waiting 30 years for her to wake up after the war in Vietnam I have been wondering how she would react. Seeing her become like this…like a child reverting to their old ways before becoming what they need to be made my heart ache from the promise we made that fateful day in Russia. I long for Saya…even before she changed me, I held feelings for her. To see her not even recognize me makes this meeting near unbearable.
"Everything will be alright, Saya." Calming her, I felt Konella try and speak to me through our telepathic network, but I blocked her out as not to get emotional and could feel her walk away with mixed emotions.
At the end of the day with George being in the hospital and hearing of Saya's brother Kai taking actions of his own, I lost sight of Konella and couldn't reach her to speak with her when I was alone. The pang in my chest without her presence was rather unsettling, but I also knew better than to try and lie to her. My duty is with Saya till the end, and my mission with her is my utmost importance. But I want to prove not only to myself of what Konella may be, but to see if my hunch might be correct when I first found her that day. Is she a chiropteran failed experiment, a chevalier to Diva, or perhaps maybe a queen like Saya and Diva? Her desire to eat and sleep are that of what Saya does, it made me keep these thoughts in the back of my mind, but there is no evidence proving she could have been without her own chevalier to look after her. These questions remained unanswered, but it changes nothing to having her by my side and protecting Saya at all costs.