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"Leviathan? Why is it you haven't asked Papa for a customized netnavi?" Hub asked.
"Why should I?" Levi asked. "It's not like I netbattle."
"True, but..." Hub began.
"Hub, the date," Lan reminded his brother in the middle of a yawn as he walked into the kitchen.
"Oh, right!" Hub said before dashing out the door.
"What are you, part sloth?" Levi asked Lan instead of thanking him.
"Would you rather Hub kept bugging you about getting a custom navi like I used to?" an annoyed Lan retorted.
"Is sleeping really all you plan to do over summer vacation?" Levi asked.
"Are you ever going to get yourself a date?" Lan asked as he grabbed a snack.
"Are you?" Levi countered.
"I can't handle the financial part," Lan grumbled. "Still, shouldn't you have a boyfriend by now?"
"Does it look like I want a date?" Levi asked.
"Surprising that you don't, given how developed you are," Lan said.
"Hentai!" Leviathan yelled.
"I mean the skills in making someone miserable," Lan clarified. "After all, that's what girls do on dates, right? Make a guy miserable?"
"Of course not," Leviathan said.
"How would you know?" Lan asked. "You've never been on one."
"Neither have you," Levi countered.
"Whatever you say, Levi-chan," Lan said as he turned around and headed to his room. "Whatever you say."
"Hey, come back here!" Levi yelled.
"Don't you have to meet with your friends?" Lan asked.
"Kuso... They're his friends, too..." Leviathan muttered.
"Levi," a voice said, making her turn around.
"Yes, sir?" Leviathan asked.
"We have some information concerning the android and the attack on the Netopian military base," the man said.
"Nan desu ka?" Levi asked.
"The android is male and built around the time you were. The android was later received into a family. Also, the android can change his appearance with the help of some program," the man said. "However, he is not the same as the one who destroyed the military base. That was a machine designed to look like a person built by someone on this planet. We have reason to believe it was that Grave robot used to destroy the base."
"The one Bass uses?" Leviathan asked, recalling that bit of information.
"Yes," the man nodded. "We'll keep in touch."
With that, her boss teleported away.
"All threats to the planet have ceased, huh?" Leviathan asked herself bitterly.
"Do you think Levi is picking up Lan's tardiness?" Dex asked Yai.
"Sorry I'm late," Levi apologized.
"Not quite yet, but it's getting there," Yai answered.
"So where was it we were going again?" Levi asked.
"We're going to buy stuff to get ready for our trip to the beach!" Yai announced to the world, or at least everyone in the immediate vicinity.
"You mean a..." Leviathan gulped. "...shopping trip?"
Lan dropped the remote, eyes wide as he stared at the TV in disbelief.
"Princess Pride was assassinated earlier today..."
"Come on, Lan," Levi sighed behind a closed door. "You should come to the beach with us..."
Lan remained unresponsive. There was no sound beyond the door.
"What's wrong, Lan?" Leviathan asked. "You haven't left your room for the past three days..."
Still no response.
"Come on, Lan! Open the door!" Leviathan yelled as she pounded on the door. "Talk to your imoto!"
"Didn't you..." a soft voice began, making Leviathan stop her assault on the wooden barrier. "Didn't you hear the news?"
"Nan desu ka?" Leviathan asked.
"Poipu... is dead..." Lan's voice said, the dimming glow that used to be Lan's voice was almost lost in the darkness. The dying warmth was almost gone to leave cold bitterness.
Leviathan was at a loss for words. She was an android. She didn't know what it was like to lose something precious. Physical wounds she knew well, but those could easily be repaired. Emotional wounds? She never got close enough to anyone to understand them. This was her first time on a mission like this. Being a brother to Lan... confused her. She knew that something was bothering the boy, but he wouldn't outright say it. He gave her emotions she never felt before, ones she didn't want to experience.
"What happened to you?" Levi whispered as tears began to fall. "You used to be a pillar of strength... The one who kept fighting when everyone else gave up... The one that gave hope to those who lost it... What happened to that Lan?"
". . ." Silence greeted that question.
"What happened to the Lan I learned about!" Leviathan screamed. "I know from the records you're not supposed to be like this!"
". . . If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman?" Lan's words quoted from a song in a sad tone.
Leviathan collapsed to the ground. The Lan Hikari she had learned about... Perhaps he never truly existed.
'Why? Why does it hurt...'
On reading that quote now, it doesn't really fit but you understand what I'm trying to saying, right? Well, whatever is going on, now known to be separate from Leviathan's mission, is thickening. Will Leviathan be dragged into it?