The rest of the day seemed to zoom before my eyes, after remeeting Crown Lily at the lunch table.

By the time we leave the school, I'm still asking questions.

"Who is Aries, really?" I ask Omega-Xis as we walk past the gates.

"A dangerous FM-ian who makes weapons, but doesn't need them," Omega-Xis says, "Believe it or not, the only way I know Aries is by rumors. I've never actually met her."

"Then why'd you say she was dangerous?" I ask, "Like you knew her?"

"I didn't want Crown Lily to know that I didn't know Aries," Omega-Xis says, "Crown the FM-ian probably knows Aries better than I do. What I do know is that Aries is a woman with a short fuse, and she's cunning. If she knows about our Primal Forme, then we'll be used as Aries' pawns and not just Crown Lily's. She's that skilled."

"Crown Lily said that we had to find the humans that Aries is after," I say, "but who would she be after?"

"Based on the rumors," Omega-Xis says, "Aries would pick either someone who's already lost to you, or someone close to you. And that's if she doesn't get the sibling."

"That doesn't help," I say with a sigh, "we've only defeated Taurus Inferno-"

"So Petra could be a victim!" Omega-Xis says, "Ms. 'That Doesn't Help', what other suggestions do you have?"

"Shouldn't Petra be able to drive out any other FM-ians?" I ask, "And even then, I thought that all FM-ians are different from one another."

"Aries and Aquarius, and any FM-ians like them," Omega-Xis says, "are unique. Some can change their EM wave frequency to match a human, even if they already have an FM-ian or AM-ian inside them. Aquarius has a similar frequency to my own, but without that power, he wouldn't have Geo's body in his use. I'm sure that Aries would find a way to get in Petra."

This is not helping at all.

"Enough about that, though," Omega-Xis says with a wave of his hand, "Your school's not as boring as I thought, but there could be some...subjects that are missing."

"Like what?" I say, now curious.

"I mean," Omega-Xis says, "Battle Cards? Why are they forbidden? Enslaving isn't as simple as you'd think. It just leaves viruses in the EM waves that clog up data. I'm guessing that's what causes EM lag."

Lyra mentioned that EM lag was dangerous, caused in part by the new enslaving system, but I'd never considered it like that.

"And another thing," Omega-Xis says, obviously on a roll, "is the lack of training here! I mean, when Geo was still alive, Geo had to read out of a book nearly all day, and while that is pretty boring, we had to depend on our gadgets-"

"TRs and TAs," I say, slightly annoyed, "If you're going to mention them, at least get the names right."

"Anyway," Omega-Xis says, "we had to depend on technology, and it was pretty much what could've happened 200 years ago thanks to the...never mind."

"Thanks to the what?" I say.

"Nothing," Omega-Xis says, "I'll tell you when I feel you're ready."

"When's that going to be?" I counter.

Omega-Xis shrugs and says, "Dunno, but I'll know when."

I sigh.

Omega-Xis tends to keep secrets once in a while, and even then I haven't asked him that many questions...I wonder why he has to hide things like that?